1979 in archaeology

Table of years in archaeology
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The year 1979 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Tillya Tepe surveyed by a Soviet-Afghan mission of archaeologists led by Victor Sarianidi.

July - Fossil hominid footprints found at Laetoli, Tanzania, by Mary Leakey.
Wreck of SS Xantho found off Western Australia.^[1]
Burial site related to the 1918 execution of the Romanov family at Yekaterinburg, by Alexander Avdonin.^[2]
Roman fort at Elginhaugh discovered by air-photography.

Aubrey Burl - Prehistoric Avebury.
J. M. Coles and A. F. Harding - The Bronze Age in Europe: an introduction to the prehistory of Europe, c.2000–700 BC.
Kenneth Hudson - World Industrial Archaeology.
A. L. F. Rivet and Colin Smith - The Place-names of Roman Britain.

June 2 - Protesters opposed to the building of civic offices on the site of Viking excavations in Wood Quay, Dublin, occupy the area.

January 15 - Yang Zhongjian, father of Chinese vertebrate paleontology, buried at Peking Man site in Zhoukoudian, China (b. 1897)
January 20 - Robert Wauchope, American archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1909)
August 1 - Li Ji, Chinese archaeologist (b. 1896)^[3]
August 25 - Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Mexican archaeologist, discoverer of the tomb of K'inich Janaab' Pakal at Palenque (b. 1906)
December 14 - Charles McBurney, American-born archaeologist working in Britain (died 1914)

↑ "SS Xantho". Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
↑ Coble, Michael D. (2011-09-26). "The identification of the Romanovs". Investigative Genetics. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
↑ "Li Chi". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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Table of years in archaeology
… 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 …
Related time period or subjects
… 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 … … 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s … … 19th century 20th century 21st century …
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