1971 in archaeology

none December 2025 1971 archaeology science Explorations The Historic American Engineering Record surveys the original main line of the New York and Erie Rail Road; the Cooper Union foundation building in Manhattan; and sites in Utah and Pennsylvania Excavations The Chaco Project, conducted by the National Park Service and the University of New Mexico, surveys and excavates Chaco Canyon (until 1982) Wesleyan and Tufts Universities begin an excavation and survey program around the town of Buccino in the Campania (Italy) to determine settlement patterns during the Roman period. In this season they run a series of experiments using the Barringer proton magnetometer to test the feasibility of its use in the area and excavate three villa sites: Vagni, lying on an artificial terraced platform overlooking the Cosenza-Potenza road and the Platona-Tanagro valley, within which pottery including black glaze is found, and there is evidence that the countryside around was used until the last years of the 4th century; Pareti, which yields much pottery from the Lucanian and polygonal platform walls; and San Nicola, below the town and across the riverDyson Stephen Excavations at Buccino: 1971 American Journal of Archaeology 1972 76 2 159–163 10.2307/503859 503859 245266089 http://xerxes.calstate.edu/fullerton/articles/record?id=FETCH-LOGICAL-c599-837b3c93bd91e4d4f2477d5fbd067660f77bbf418dc699579c14833625dc3c7f3 25 February 2015 subscription Scientific excavations at Anshan in Iran begin Publications Peter Brunt Italian Manpower 225 B.C.–A.D. 14, Oxford: Clarendon Press Social Conflicts in the Roman Republic, London: Chatto & Windus. M. D. Leakey - Olduvai Gorge Volume 3, Excavations in Beds I & II 1960–1963, Cambridge University Press Finds May 5 - Hull of Tudor navy ship Mary Rose (capsized 1545) rediscovered in the Solent July - Guns and other artefacts from HMY Mary (wrecked 1675) discovered independently by members of Chorley and Merseyside Sub-Aqua Clubs July 22 - The Lady of Baza Iberian sculpture (4th century BC) September 16 - Wreck site of Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia (1742 ship) (wrecked 1743) discovered in the Isles of Scilly by Rex CowanRex Cowan Zélide Cowan Peter Marsden The Dutch East Indiaman Hollandia wrecked on the Isles of Scilly in 1743 International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration 1975 4 2 267-300 https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/documents/00000262.pdf 2025-12-31 Remains of Marsala Punic shipwreck (sank c. 241 BC) exposed off Sicily Remains of Culloden 1776 discovered off Montauk, New York Tomb of King Muryeong (d. 523), ruler of Baekje in the Three Kingdoms of Korea Tomb of Xin Zhui (d. 163 BC) at Mawangdui in Changsha, ChinaBonn-Muller Eti Entombed in Style https://archive.archaeology.org/0905/abstracts/lady_dai.html Archaeology Archaeological Institute of America 2013-11-16 Miscellaneous October - Society for Industrial Archeology founded in Washington, D.C. Deaths August 22 - Birger Nerman, Swedish archaeologist (b. 1888) August 24 - Carl Blegen, American Classical archaeologist (b. 1887)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Blegen Carl Blegen Britannica.com 27 May 2017 References Archaeology Category:1970s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year