1960 in archaeology
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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.
Deaths
- Karel Absolon, Czech archaeologist
- Roy Chapman Andrews, American explorer
- Leonard Woolley, British archaeologist
See also
- List of years in archaeology
- 1959 in archaeology
- 1961 in archaeology