1974 in archaeology

none 1974 archaeology science The year 1974 in archaeology involved some significant events. Excavations January 19–20: New Zealand Railways K class (1877) steam locomotive K 88 Washington is recovered from the Branxholme locomotive dump in the Ōreti River. Project at Lamanai, Belize begins, directed by David M. Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum (continues through 1988). Excavation at Twann Bahnhof neolithic pile dwelling site in Switzerland begins (continues through 1976). Excavation of Panlongcheng Erligang culture site in China begins. Excavation conducted in Azokh Cave finding material from the Guruchay culture in Azerbaijan.BAXŞƏLİYEV VƏLİ http://elibrary.bsu.az/kitablar/898.pdf AZƏRBAYCAN ARXEOLOGİYASI Elm 2007 2020-06-28 2020-01-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20200111025502/http://elibrary.bsu.az/kitablar/898.pdf dead Finds 26 February: 'Mungo Man', the skeleton of an individual subsequently determined to be around 40,000 years BP, discovered near Mungo Lake in New South Wales by Australian National University geomorphologist Dr. Jim Bowler. 29 March: Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang discovered at Xi'an, China.http://history1900s.about.com/od/1970s/qt/terracottaarmy.htm 1974 - Terracotta Army Discovered in China Jennifer Rosenberg About.com 2011-11-03 2011-10-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20111020084618/http://history1900s.about.com/od/1970s/qt/terracottaarmy.htm dead 4 April: High-status stone cist burial at Songguk-ri, Korea, containing Liaoning-style bronze dagger, greenstone ornaments and other prestige artifacts. 24 November: 'Lucy', the skeleton of a 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis, discovered at Hadar, Ethiopia, in the Afar Depression.Donald C. Johanson Johanson Donald Edey Maitland A. 1981 Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankind St Albans Granada 0-586-08437-1 Roman villa "B" at Oplontis in Italy discovered. East Han Dynasty statue of Li Bing discovered at Dujiangyan Irrigation System. Publications Michael Aston and Trevor Rowley - Landscape Archaeology: an introduction to fieldwork techniques on post-Roman landscapes. Philip A. Rahtz (ed) - Rescue Archaeology. Miscellaneous Glyn Daniel is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge. Births October 28 - Andrew Birley, British archaeologist.Andrew Birley http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc91da552 https://web.archive.org/web/20200828040625/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc91da552 dead August 28, 2020 British Film Institute 5 June 2017 en Deaths May 18 - Ernest Nash, German-born student of Roman architecture and pioneer of archaeological photography (born 1898).Radnoti-Alföldi, M.; Lahusen, M. C. (2000). Ernest Nash - Ernst Nathan: Potsdam, Rom, New York, Rom. Nicolai'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 3-87584-045-3. October 1 - Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist of the Aegean Bronze Age (born 1901) December 21 - Alan Sorrell, English archaeological illustrator (born 1904). References Archaeology Category:1970s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year