1975 in archaeology

none 1975 archaeology science The year 1975 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Architect Carlos Williams makes a detailed record of archaeological sites in the valley of Supe in Peru, including Caral. Excavations Five year project at Quiriguá begins, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, the National Geographic Society, and the government of Guatemala. National Museum of Korea and related institutions begin archaeological excavations at Songguk-ri, a prehistoric village that serves as the type-site for the material culture of the Middle Mumun Pottery Period in Korea (excavations continue periodically until the late 1990s). May & July - Rescue excavation at the site of a Newcomen atmospheric engine of c.1780 at Reelfitz Pit in Cumbria, England.George David Nevell Michael 2014 Revisiting the iconic: the excavation of the Reelfitz Pit engine and the Newcomen steam engine in Cumberland, UK https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/output/1419024/revisiting-the-iconic-the-excavation-of-the-reelfitz-pit-engine-and-the-newcomen-steam-engine-in-cumberland-uk Industrial Archaeology Review 36 2 128–40 10.1179/0309072814Z.00000000035 110681748 Finds August 1 - The skull of KNM ER 3733, a woman of the species Homo ergaster who died around 1,750,000 BP, is discovered at the Koobi Fora Ridge near Lake Turkana in Kenya by Bernard Ngeneo. By August 9, the nearly intact skull will have been carefully unearthed.Mary Bowman-Kruhm The Leakeys: A Biography Greenwood Publishing Group 2005 89 August Hollow Dogū found on Hokkaido. Wreck of Shinan ship found off the coast of South Korea. December 3 - Wreck of Britannic (sunk by mine 1916) is found in the Kea Channel by Jacques Cousteau. Monte Verde, a village site subsequently determined to be around 18,500 years BP, is found in southern Chile. Luzia Woman, the skeleton of a woman subsequently determined to be around 11,500 years BP, is found in Lapa Vermelha, Brazil, by Annette Laming-Emperaire.http://www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/luzia.html Luzia Woman Discovery Communications Inc. C. Smith 1999 2015-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20071224150030/http://www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/luzia.html 2007-12-24 dead Cacaxtla murals. Events The discovery of Ciudad Perdida is announced by the government of Colombia. Publications Barbara Bender - Farming in Prehistory: from hunter-gatherer to food-producer. Douglas B. Hague and Rosemary Christie - Lighthouses: their architecture, history and archaeology. Adrian Oswald - Clay Pipes for the Archaeologist. Births Stine Rossel, Danish archaeologist (d. 2007)Kerner Susanne Dann Rachael Bangsgaard Pernille Climate and Ancient Societies 2015 Museum Tusculanum Press 9788763541992 https://books.google.com/books?id=W8s_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 en Elizabeth Frood, New Zealand-born Egyptologist Deaths September 9 - J. Eric S. Thompson, archaeologist, student of the Maya civilization (b. 1898)https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Eric-S-Thompson Sir J. Eric S. Thompson britannica.com 28 May 2017 References Archaeology Category:1970s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year