1965 in archaeology

none October 2025 1965 archaeology science The year 1965 in archaeology involved some significant events. Excavations Start of five-year project of excavations and restorations at Altun Ha led by Dr. David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum. Start of 18-year excavations at Roman Baths (Bath) led by Barry Cunliffe. Start of three-year excavations at Bab edh-Dhra.Schaub, R. Thomas Rast, Walter E. Bab edh-Dhra': Excavations in the Cemetery Directed by Paul W. Lapp (1965–1967) Reports of the Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain, Jordan 1 Winona Lake Eisenbrauns 1989 978-0-931464-51-5 Hinton St Mary Mosaic in England. Excavations at Brahmagiri by Amalananda Ghosh. Further excavations at the Roman temple of Bziza by Haroutune Kalayan. The final version of the 33 m ft mid -high off us Tikal Temple 33 at the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala is completely dismantled by archaeologists. Excavation at Tel Arad by Yohanan Aharoni (continues until 1967). Finds March 19 - Wreck of the Georgiana is discovered off Charleston, South Carolina, exactly 102 years after her sinking, by E. Lee Spence.Diver Lee Spence Eugene Warner http://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/handle/10827/24967 Sandlapper Columbia, SC April 1970 40–43Treasure Diver Katherine Hatch Treasure World February–March 1972 44–45Wreck of the Georgianna Kevin Rooney Skin Diver Los Angeles 80–81, 86–87 March 1980 June - Jutholmen wreck (sunk c.1700) is discovered off Dalarö, Sweden.The Jutholmen wreck Sjöhistoriska https://www.sjohistoriska.se/en/maritime-archaeology/wrecks-in-the-baltic-sea/the-jutholmen-wreck 2018-10-09 2018-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20180107002734/http://www.sjohistoriska.se/en/maritime-archaeology/wrecks-in-the-baltic-sea/the-jutholmen-wreck dead June - The Golden Bust of Septimius Severus is found in Didymoteicho, Greece. August - Mosaic floor at Sparsholt Roman Villa, Hampshire, England. November - Kyrenia ship is found near Kyrenia, Cyprus. December - Sword of Goujian is found in Jiangling County, China. Geologist Nikolai Samorukov finds petroglyphs in the rocks at Kaikuul Bluff overlooking the Pegtymel River in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Group of gold and silver vessels found at Tepe Fullol in northern Afghanistan. Fir Clump Stone Circle in Wiltshire, England, rediscovered. Mammoth remains found at Mezhirich, Ukraine. First fossilized fragment of the hominin later identified as Australopithecus anamensis found in the Kanapoi region of Lake Turkana.Ward C. Leaky M. Walker A. The new hominid species Australopithecus anamensis Evolutionary Anthropology 1999 7 6 197–205 10.1002/(sici)1520-6505(1999)7:6<197::aid-evan4>3.0.co;2-t 84278748 A carved stone head is discovered during excavations at Deganwy Castle in north Wales. Depicted wearing a crown, the figure may represent Llywelyn the Great who rebuilt the castle in the first third of the 13th century.1967 A Crowned Head from Degannwy Castle, Caernarvonshire https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003581500088594/type/journal_article The Antiquaries Journal en 47 1 112 10.1017/S0003581500088594 246063004 0003-5815 subscription Wilson David M. Hurst D. Gillian 1966 Medieval Britain in 1965 https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol10/10_168_219_med_britain.pdf Medieval Archaeology en 10 1 193 10.1080/00766097.1966.11735288 Archaeology Data Service Publications R. G. Collingwood and R. P. Wright - The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, vol. 1. P. V. Glob - Mosefolket Jernalderens Mennesker bevaret i 2000 Ar (The Bog People: Iron-Age man preserved). Deaths July 14 - Herbert Maryon, British conservator (b. 1874). October 5 - Sir Ian Richmond, British archaeologist of Ancient Rome (b. 1902). References Archaeology Category:1960s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year