1978 in archaeology

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The year 1978 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

New excavations at Brahmagiri by Amalananda Ghosh.

Finds

February 21 - The remains of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan.
Bactrian Gold hoard.

Publications

Lewis R. Binford - Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology.
Mounir Bouchenaki - Cités antiques d'Algérie.
Richard A. Gould (ed.) - Explorations in Ethnoarchaeology.
Keith Muckelroy - Maritime Archaeology.
Paleontologist Björn Kurtén's short novel Dance of the Tiger, dealing with the interaction between Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals, is published in Sweden as Den Svarta Tigern.

Events

Theban Mapping Project is established.
March 31 - 6,000 people march through Dublin to Wood Quay to protest against the building of civic offices on the Viking site.

Births

Deaths

August 16 - Sir Max Mallowan, English archaeologist (born 1904).
October 8 - Bertha Cody, Native American archaeologist (born 1907).

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