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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 ]
Edgar Lee Hewett begins a 4-year project at Quiriguá. Antonios Keramopoulos excavates the temple of Apollo in Thebes, Greece. [1] St Piran's Oratory, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England. Coldrum Long Barrow in southeast England. Jesús Carballo begins the first excavations at the archaeological site of Atapuerca in northern Spain.
Excavations at Stonehenge in the south of England by R. J. C. Atkinson, Stuart Piggott and J. F. S. Stone. Excavations at Wharram Percy in the north of England by Maurice Beresford begin. Excavations at Beitin, West Bank. Excavations at Gordion in Turkey by the University of Pennsylvania Museum under Rodney S. Young begin.
Excavations at Tell el-'Oueili in Iraq are begun under the direction of Jean-Louis Huot (continue until 1989). Excavations in the Karakum Desert by Viktor Sarianidi uncover the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex. Excavations at Mezhirich, Ukraine, resume, by N. L. Korniets and M. I. Gladkih (continue to 1981).
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of years in archaeology ... Excavation of Tell al-'Ubaid in Mesopotamia by Henry Hall of the British Museum begins. [1]
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]
First full-scale excavation of Roman villa at Oplontis in Italy begins. Archaeological site of Atapuerca in Spain directed by Francisco Jordá Cerdá. Argentine surveyor and archaeologist Carlos J. Gradin and his team begins the most profound research on Cueva de las Manos in a 30-year-long study of the caves and their art.