1969 in archaeology

none October 2026 1969 archaeology science The year 1969 in archaeology involved some significant events. Excavations The Byzantine Fortress at Isthmia is excavated. P. A. Clement, "Isthmia 1967," AEAT 23, 1968, B' 1, XpovLKa' [1969], pp. 137-143; idem, "Isthmia Excavations 1969," AEAT 25, 1970, B' 1, XpovLKa [1972], pp. 161-167. In Iran, Bard-e Bal, a necropolis, is excavated by the Belgian archaeological mission, along the banks of the Garāb river (continue to 1970).BARD-E BAL https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bard-e-bal-a-necropolis-excavated-in-1969-70-by-the-belgian-archeological-mission-in-iran-along-the-banks-of-the-garab-ri/ 2026-10-15 Encyclopaedia Iranica en-US In Cyprus, an unlooted tomb of the Cypro-Classic I period is excavated.Nicolaou Kyriakos 1970-10-01 Archaeological News from Cyprus, 1969 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/503134 American Journal of Archaeology en 74 4 391–400 10.2307/503134 0002-9114 subscription At the Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, site ЕЮ/(Area 1), 1, 3, as a dump of the imperial period, predating the 3rd century, is excavated.Lloyd J. A. 1985 The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya Final Reports Volume I: Background and Introduction to the Excavations. By Donald White. 130pp + 13pp Arabic summary. 123 illustrations. University Museum Monograph 52, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia1984. 47 U.S. dollars. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263718900007354 Libyan Studies 16 115–117 10.1017/s0263718900007354 0263-7189 subscription Boardman John 1986 The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, Libya. Volume II: The East Greek, Island, and Laconian Pottery. By Gerald P. Schaus. 128 pages + 12 pages, Arabic summary. 8 illustrations, 2 plans, 10 figures and 34 plates (one colour). University Museum Monograph 56. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1985. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263718900007135 Libyan Studies 17 172–173 10.1017/s0263718900007135 0263-7189 subscription Excavations at Habuba Kabira by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft begin (continue to 1975).Strommenger Eva Die Kleinfunde von Habuba Kabira-Tall 2017 Harrassowitz Verlag 978-3-447-10699-3 Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft Wiesbaden Excavations at Ekalte by the DO-G.Eyo Ekpo 1970 1969 Excavations at Ile-Ife https://www.jstor.org/stable/3334545?origin=crossref African Arts 3 2 44 10.2307/3334545 subscription Excavations at Salona, Yugoslavia, by an American team (continue to 1972).Wilkes J. J. 1975 Excavations at Salona - C. W. Clairmont and others: Excavations at Salona, Yugoslavia (1969–1972), conducted for the Department of Classics, Douglass College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, by Christoph W. Clairmont with the collaboration of Susan Handler Auth, Victorine von Gonzenbach. Park Ridge, N.J.: Noyes Press, 1975 [1976]. Pp. 236; 60 figures, 64 plates. Cloth, $36. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0009840x00230709 The Classical Review 29 1 122–123 10.1017/s0009840x00230709 0009-840X subscription Excavations at Birka, Sweden, begin under Björn Ambrosiani.Investigations in the black earth. Vol. 1: Early investigations and future plans 1992 Birka Project, Riksantikvarieämbetet och Statens historiska museer 978-91-7192-860-3 Ambrosiani Björn Birka studies Stockholm Clarke Helen Birkaprojektet On the Isle of Wight, two barrows on Ashey Down are excavated.Rogers Juliet The human skeletal material 2013-01-15 Hazleton North 182–198 https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvxbphfm.19 2026-10-15 Historic England With a British expedition at Cambodunum, in Bavaria (Germany), an area to the north of the fort is excavated, during which several timber buildings are identified in a vicus settlement. In Ireland, the burial mound at Grannagh, near Ardrahan in County Galway (first excavated in 1916 by R.A.S. Macalister) is re-excavated in 1969 by Etienne Rynne. 2002 Preservation - Penelope Ballard Drooker (ed.). Fleeting identities: perishable material culture in archaeological research (Center for Archaeological Investigations Occasional Paper 28). xii+410 pages, 94 figures, 21 tables. 2001. Carbondale (IL): Center for Archaeological Investigations; 0-88104-085-1 paperback $42. - Sara Pavía & Jason Bolton. Stone monuments decay study 2000: an assessment of the degree of erosion and degradation of a sample of stone monuments in the Republic of Ireland. 228 pages, 410 colour figures, CD-ROM. 2001. Dublin: Heritage Council; ISSN 1393-6808 paperback. - Andrew T. Chamberlain & Michael Parker Pearson. Earthly remains: the history and science of preserved human bodies. 207 pages, 89 figures, 14 colour photographs. London: British Museum Press; 0-7141-2755-8 hardback £19.99. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00119581 Antiquity 76 291 248–248 10.1017/s0003598x00119581 0003-598X subscription The Missouri River steamboat Bertrand is excavated, revealing the hull with cargo in the center, later removed.Hunter Louis C. Petsche Jerome E. 1970 The Steamboat "Bertrand": History, Excavation, and Architecture https://doi.org/10.2307/3103483 Technology and Culture 16 4 705 10.2307/3103483 0040-165X subscription Publications J. N. L. Myres - Anglo-Saxon Pottery and the Settlement of England.Genrich A. 1969 J. N. L. Myres: Anglo-Saxon Pottery of the Settlement of England. Oxford: University Press, 1969. 277 pp. including 18 pls., 51 figs., 10 maps. £5. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00041338 Antiquity 44 174 150–151 10.1017/s0003598x00041338 0003-598X subscription Finds June - Blackfriars Ship II discovered by Peter Marsden in London. Ship remains at the Marsala Ship site off Sicily are discovered. Wreck of the VOC ship Amsterdam (lost on her maiden voyage in 1749) is exposed off Bulverhythe in the English Channel. In Ireland, from the burial mound at Grannagh, finds included 10 glass beads (one of dumbbell-shape), 3 fragmentary bronze La Tène-type fibulae of rod-bow type, some bone beads or pins, and some items of iron. In Wuwei County, Gansu Province, Lanzhou, an artefact is excavated depicting a vigorous horse with long tail waving and head perking.2019-03-16 Flying Horse of Gansu https://www.silkroadtalk.com/2019/03/flying-horse-of-gansu.html 2026-10-15 en Miscellaneous January 10 - Historic American Engineering Record program founded by the National Park Service and the American Society of Civil Engineers. June - Schooner Alvin Clark (sunk 1864) is salvaged from Green Bay (Lake Michigan). Deaths May 7 - Axel Boëthius (born 1889) References Archaeology Category:1960s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year