1930 in archaeology

• Vere Gordon Childe completes excavations at Skara Brae (begun in 1927). • John Garstang begins excavations at Jericho (continue to 1936). • Francis Llewellyn Griffith excavates at Kawa (Sudan). • Flinders Petrie begins excavations at Tall al-Ajjul (continue to 1934). ==Finds==

• August 5 - Remains of S. A. Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition of 1897 discovered. • First fragments from an ancient boat harbour found on the bank of the Suojoki river in central Finland (one boat from site later dated to 13th century). ==Publications==

• Aleš Hrdlička - The Skeletal Remains of Early Man. ==Miscellaneous==

• September 11 - Max Mallowan marries Agatha Christie. • Max von Oppenheim opens a private museum of his Near Eastern archaeological finds in Berlin. • Edwin Smith Papyrus first translated. ==Births==

• March 25 - John M. Coles, English prehistorian (d. 2020) • June 13 - Paul Veyne, French Roman archaeologist, historian • September 23 - Edda Bresciani, Italian Egyptologist (d. 2020) ==See also==