Excavations
- Excavation work recommences at the Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China.
- Alberto Ruz Lhuillier begins excavations of the Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque.
- Seton Lloyd begins excavations at Sakçagözü.
- Grahame Clark begins excavations at Star Carr, North Yorkshire (continues to 1951).
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