1960 in archaeology

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1780s ^. 1790s in archaeology ^. 1800
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Explorations

Excavations

Fishbourne Roman Palace, West Sussex, by Barry Cunliffe.
Floors excavated at the Una Vida great house, Chaco Canyon.
Cape Gelidonya shipwreck excavation, by Peter Throckmorton, George F. Bass and Frédéric Dumas, begins.

Publications

Glyn Daniel - The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of France.

Finds

Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad find apparent Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.
November 4 - OH 7, first fragments of Homo habilis, discovered by Jonathan Leakey at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

Deaths

Karel Absolon, Czech archaeologist
Roy Chapman Andrews, American explorer
Leonard Woolley, British archaeologist

See also

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