1977 in archaeology
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The year 1977 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- Survey at Taur Ikhbeineh, an Early Bronze Age settlement in the Gaza Strip, led by Ram Gophna[1]
Excavations
- Mario Pino and Tom Dillehay begins excavations at Monte Verde, Chile
- Excavations of the henge at Balfarg in Scotland, led by Roger Mercer, begin.
- Initial excavations take place at Daepyeong, a large Mumun Pottery Period (c. 1500-300 BC) settlement in Korea.
Finds
- Tomb of Philip II of Macedon with a Vergina Sun is found at Vergina in Greece by Manolis Andronikos.[2]
- Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng is found in China.
- The Lion of Al-lāt is found in Palmyra by Polish archeologists.
Publications
- Mark Nathan Cohen - The Food Crisis in Prehistory: Overpopulation and the Origins of Agriculture (New Haven: Yale University Press)[3]
- Bruce Robertson - Aviation Archaeology: a Collector's Guide to Aeronautical Relics (Cambridge, England: Patrick Stephens Ltd).[4]
- Stanley South - Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology and Research Strategies in Historical Archaeology (editor)
Events
- Stones at Stonehenge are fenced off to stop vandalism.[5]
Deaths
- George Willmot, British archaeologist and former curator of the Yorkshire Museum (b. 1908)[6]