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The following entries cover events related to the study of archaeology which occurred in the listed year. Further information: List of archaeological excavations by date 1600s - 1700s - 1800s - 1900s - 2000s
This is a list of significant archaeological expeditions by date, which include first excavations at important sites, or expeditions that uncovered important objects. 1500s [ edit ]
In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. [1] An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied. These locations range from one to several areas at a time during a project and can be conducted over a few weeks to several years. Excavation involves the recovery of several types of data ...
Vadnagar was a multicultural and multireligious settlement, its origins pre-dating Jainism and Buddhism.Over its three thousand year history, it has had seven distinct socio-cultural stages, and experienced successive rulerships, including Mauryan, Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian, Hindu-Solankis, Sultanate-Mughal, and Gaekwad-British colonial rule.
The Society of Antiquaries of London begins its excavations of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester Roman Town). Merv . Flinders Petrie excavates at Tell el-Hesi , Palestine (mistakenly identified as Lachish ), the first scientific excavation of an archaeological site in the Holy Land , during which he discovers how tells are formed.
Cape Gelidonya shipwreck excavation, by Peter Throckmorton, George F. Bass 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. [2]
Excavations at Brahmagiri. Excavations at Teppe Hasanlu begin (continue to 1974). Systematic excavation of Diolkos in Greece by Nikolaos Verdelis begins (continues to 1962). [1] Excavations at Longbridge Deverill Cow Down in the United Kingdom under the direction of Sonia Chadwick for the Ministry of Works (continues to 1960). [2]
Start of excavations at Tell Uqair by Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities (Seton Lloyd, Taha Baqir and Fuad Safar). Start of excavations at Ahichatra. Start of excavations in the Vatican Necropolis. Excavations at Brahmagiri by M. H. Krishna of the Mysore state Archaeological Department.