The year 1968 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

*Survey of Anshan in Iran.

Excavations

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 ...

and Helge Ingstad complete excavations of Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows. * Prof.

Richard J. C. Atkinson :''Alternative meaning: Richard Atkinson (educator)'' Richard John Copland Atkinson CBE (22 January 1920 – 10 October 1994) was a British prehistorian and archaeologist. Biography Atkinson was born in Evershot, Dorset, and went to Sher ...

undertakes work at Silbury, broadcast on

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(continues to 1970). *

Colin Renfrew Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, (born 25 July 1937) is a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, neuroarchaeology, an ...

begins excavations at Sitagroi, Greece (continues to 1970).

Publications

* Sally R. and Lewis R. Binford (ed.) - ''New Perspectives in Archeology''. *

David L. Clarke David Leonard Clarke (3 November 1937 – 27 June 1976) was an English archaeologist and academic. He is well known for his work on processual archaeology. Early life and education Clarke was born in Kent, England. He studied at Peterhouse, ...

- ''Analytical Archaeology''.

Finds

* Archaeological prospection of

Buvuma Island Buvuma Island (sometimes 'Uvuma', locally ) is the largest island in the Buvuma Islands chain, in Lake Victoria in Africa. Location The chain of islands known as Buvuma Islands consists of more than fifty islands and is located a few kilometres of ...

directed by the

Tervuren Museum Tervuren () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Duisburg, Tervuren, Vossem and Moorsel. On January 1, 2006, Tervuren had a total population of 20,636. The total a ...

finds early use of pottery. * An early medieval burial excavated at Suontaka Vesitorninmäki,

Tyrväntö Tyrväntö is a former municipality of Finland in the Häme Province, now in Tavastia Proper. It was consolidated with Hattula in 1971. The northern part of the former municipality was transferred to Valkeakoski in 1978. Tyrväntö bordered Hatt ...

, in southern Finland includes the Suontaka sword among ambiguous features of gender expression; research published in 2021 suggests the individual buried had Klinefelter syndrome. * The lower jaw part of a presumably female '' Homo heidelbergensis'' pre-Neanderthal ( azykantrop) is found in the acheulean age layer in Azykh cave, in Azerbaijan. *

The Inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var The Inscription of Sargon II at Tang-i Var is carved on the flanks of the Zinanah Mt. in the Tang-i Var pass in Hawraman, Iranian Kurdistan, about 50 km southwest of Sanandaj. It was discovered during an archaeological survey carried out by Sar ...

. * ''San José y Las Animas'' (shipwreck), which sank off Florida in 1733, located.

Awards

Miscellaneous

* June 26 - Pope Paul VI claims that bones discovered in the vicinity of

Saint Peter's tomb Saint Peter's tomb is a site under St. Peter's Basilica that includes several graves and a structure said by Vatican authorities to have been built to memorialize the location of Saint Peter's grave. St. Peter's tomb is alleged near the west end ...

in 1942 are relics of Peter. * Project to move temples of Abu Simbel to prevent their inundation by the Aswan High Dam successfully completed. * The Egyptian Department of Antiquities and the

Getty Conservation Institute The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), located in Los Angeles, California, is a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. It is headquartered at the Getty Center but also has facilities at the Getty Villa, and commenced operation in 1985.J. Paul Getty T ...

in Santa Monica, California start a conservation project for tomb of Queen

Nefertari Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wife, Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses II, Ramesses the Great.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. ''The Complete Royal Families o ...

. * Analysis of the environment of Shanidar Cave in Kurdistan suggests that the adult male Neanderthal "Shanidar 4" may have been buried with floral tributes.

Births

Deaths

* December 18 - Dorothy Garrod, English Palaeolithic

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

of the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

(born

1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...

References

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