Excavations

* " Cave of Letters" at Nahal Hever in the Judaean Desert. * Fishbourne Roman Palace, West Sussex. * Floors excavated at the Una Vida great house, Chaco Canyon. * Cape Gelidonya shipwreck excavation, by Peter Throckmorton,

George F. Bass George Fletcher Bass (; December 9, 1932 – March 2, 2021) was an American archaeologist. An early practitioner of underwater archaeology, he co-directed the first expedition to entirely excavate an ancient shipwreck at Cape Gelidonya in 1960 a ...

and Frédéric Dumas, begins. * August: Excavations at Castle Tower, Penmaen, in Wales begin, led by Leslie Alcock of University College Cardiff. Further small-scale work is undertaken at the site the following year and the results published in 1966.

Publications

* Glyn Daniel - ''The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of France''.

Finds

* Helge Ingstad and

Anne Stine Ingstad Anne Stine Ingstad (11 February 1918 – 6 November 1997) was a Norwegian archaeologist who, along with her husband explorer Helge Ingstad, discovered the remains of a Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in the Canadian province of Newfo ...

find apparent Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows in

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. * Tomb of

Princess Yongtai Princess Yongtai (), born Li Xianhui (); 685 – October 9, 701Chinese-Western Calendar Converter), courtesy name Nonghui (穠輝), was a princess of the Tang Dynasty. Biography Li was the seventh daughter of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang and the ...

found in Qianling Mausoleum, China. * Azykh Cave is discovered by

Mammadali Huseynov Mammadali Murad Oglu Huseynov ( az, Məmmədəli Murad oğlu Hüseynov) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet archaeologist. In 1960, Huseynov carried out excavations in the valleys of the Quruchay and Kondalanchay Rivers, in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous ...

in Azerbaijan. * November 4 - OH 7, first fragments of ''

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'', discovered by Jonathan Leakey at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. * Statue of Athena Demegorusa in Nicopolis, western Greece.

Events

* Chemical tests indicate that the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, are modern fakes.

Births

* April 21 - Nicholas Thomas, Australian-born British archaeologist of Oceania * May 11 - Pál Sümegi, Hungarian geoarchaeologist * September 1 -

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, American Classical archaeologist * Timothy Taylor, English archaeologist

Deaths

* February 20 -

Leonard Woolley Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April 1880 – 20 February 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his Excavation (archaeology), excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first "modern" archaeologists who excavat ...

, English archaeologist (b.

1880 Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February � ...

) * March 11 - Roy Chapman Andrews, American explorer (b.

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

) * May 13 - Antonios Keramopoulos, Greek archaeologist (b.

1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...

) * October 6 - Karel Absolon, Czech archaeologist (b.

1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sio ...

)

References

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