1978 in archaeology
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The year 1978 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
- New excavations at Brahmagiri by Amalananda Ghosh.
- Excavations begin at Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site in Wales.
- New excavations begin at Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles on Holy Island, Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.
- Comprehensive excavations at Alepotrypa cave in Greece begin.
Finds
- February 21 - The remains of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan.
- Bactrian Gold hoard.
- Cherchen Man in China.
- Pictish stone depicting a bearded figure at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
- Wreck of a Basque whaling galleon, probably the San Juan, off Saddle Island, Labrador.
Publications
- Lewis R. Binford - Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology.
- Mounir Bouchenaki - Cités antiques d'Algérie.
- Richard A. Gould (ed.) - Explorations in Ethnoarchaeology.
- Keith Muckelroy - Maritime Archaeology.
- Paleontologist Björn Kurtén's short novel Dance of the Tiger, dealing with the interaction between Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals, is published in Sweden as Den Svarta Tigern.
Events
- Theban Mapping Project is established.
- September - Thousands march through Dublin to Wood Quay to protest against the building of civic offices on the Viking site.[1]
Births
Deaths
- August 19 - Sir Max Mallowan, English archaeologist (born 1904).[2]
- October 8 - Bertha Cody, Native American archaeologist (born 1907).
References
- ↑ "Wood Quay 1978-79". Independent.ie. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ↑ "Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) 122093 - National Trust Collections". www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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