1963 in archaeology

none 1963 archaeology science The year 1963 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Exploration of Geissenklösterle caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura begins. Excavations Excavation of Eshmun Temple by Maurice Dunand begins (continues into the 1970s). Excavation of Masada by Yigael Yadin begins (continues until 1965). Excavation of Tel Arad by Yohanan Aharoni (continues until 1967). Excavation at Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey by Rosemary Cramp (continues until 1978).http://www.stpeters-wearmouth.org.uk/WhatIsHere.html Archaeological digs www.stpeters-wearmouth.org.uk 2019-05-09 Recovery of silver rupees minted by Aurangzeb from a shipwreck off Ceylon by Arthur C. Clarke and associates.Taj Mahal Sunken Treasure 1702 https://cannonbeachtreasure.com/pages/taj-mahal-sunken-treasure Cannon Beach Treasure Co 2022-01-01 Finds April 13 - Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck wrecked in 1656 off Western Australia.Jeremy Green (maritime archaeologist) Jeremy N. Green The wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman the Vergulde Draeck, 1656 International Journal of Nautical Archaeology & Underwater Exploration 2 1973 2 267–89 10.1111/j.1095-9270.1973.tb00517.x 1973IJNAr...2..267G September - Hinton St Mary Mosaic in England. Warrior of Hirschlanden. Hal Ball spots Maya site of Altun Ha from the air. Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey. Ferriby Boat 3 found by Ted Wright. The boat is at least 4,000 years old and dates back to the Bronze Age. It is thought to be the oldest Bronze Age boat found in Western Europe.Bronze Age boat 'oldest in Europe' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1234529.stm news.bbc.co.uk 22 March 2001 1 June 2017 First Mesolithic Holmegaard bow found in Denmark. 8th century BCE shrine discovered at Tel Arad The remains of a colossal statue of Hadrian in Athens, Greece. Events April 1 - Industrial Monuments Survey for the Ministry of Public Building and Works (Great Britain) commenced by Rex Wailes. Lascaux caves closed to the public. (Painted c.15000–13000 BC; discovered in 1940.) First County Archaeologist appointed in England, B.J.N. (Ben) Edwards in Lancashire. Publications Kenneth Hudson - Industrial Archaeology: an introduction. Charles Green - Sutton Hoo: The Excavation of a Royal Ship-Burial. Births November 29: Peter N. Peregrine, American archaeologist.http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1494512?c=people Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal) (1963-) National Library of Australia 1 June 2017 November 30: Carenza Lewis, English archaeologist. Deaths February 28: Harold St George Gray, English archaeologist (b. 1872).http://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/rpr/index.php/article-index/12-articles/332-harold-st-george-gray/ Harold St George Gray ox.ac.uk 23 May 2017 June 11: Alfred V. Kidder, American archaeologist (b. 1885).https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-V-Kidder Alfred V. Kidder Britannica.com 27 May 2017 June 23: Frans Blom, Danish Mayanist (b. 1893).Frans Ferdinand Blom - Danish archaeologist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frans-Ferdinand-Blom Encyclopedia Britannica 28 May 2017 en August 28: Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Italian archaeologist, environmentalist and senator (b. 1889). September 16: Winifred Lamb, English archaeologist (b. 1894). November 13: Margaret Murray, Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (b. 1863). December 19: Sir Alan Gardiner, English Egyptologist (b. 1879). References Archaeology Category:1960s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year