Excavations

* Aëtos Hill, Menelaion Ridge,

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, Greece, takes place under H. W. Catling. * San Vincenzo al Volturno by the British School of Archaeology at Rome begin (continue to 1986). *

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, Syria; continues until 1985. * Excavations begin at Dryslwyn Castle in Wales under the direction of Chris Caple; the dig lasts until 1995 and the results written up in a monograph published by the Society for Medieval Archaeology in 2007

Finds

* 17 February -

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in the south of Ireland. * 28 March - Talpiot Tomb in Jerusalem. * August - Wreck of the '' Breadalbane'' in the Northwest Passage. * Wreck of on the Goodwin Sands. * Wreck of the paddle steamer ''Eric Nordevall'' in Vättern in Sweden. * Wreck of American Great Lakes whaleback barge ''

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'' in Lake Superior. * Frieze at Aphrodisias in Anatolia showing

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subjugating Britannia.

Publications

* W. A. McCutcheon - ''The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland''. Belfast: HMSO. .

Events

*19 December -

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is renamed Chaco Culture National Historical Park with 13,000 acres (53 km²) added. The Chaco Culture Archaeological Protection Site program is created to protect Chacoan sites.

Births

Deaths

* January 2 -

Rhys Carpenter Rhys Carpenter (August 5, 1889 – January 2, 1980) was an American classical art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr College. Carpenter was unconventional as a scholar. He analyzed Greek art from the standpoint of artistic production and b ...

, American Classical art historian (b.

1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the ...

) * August 24 -

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archaeologist of the Near East (b.

1901 Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...

) * September 8 ** Willard Libby, American physical chemist, key developer of

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(b.

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

) ** Keith Muckelroy, British maritime archaeologist, in diving accident (b.

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

) * November 16 - Don Crabtree, American experimental archaeologist (b.

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

)

References

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