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Overview of the events of 1976 in archaeology
The year 1976 in
archaeology involved some significant events.
Excavations
The Chaco Project (National Park Service and University of New Mexico) excavates fourteen rooms at
Pueblo Alto from 1976 to 1978.
Hwangnyongsa , a large-scale Buddhist temple of the
Korean Three Kingdoms state of
Silla dating to AD 553 (excavations continue until
1983 ).
Excavations at
Tell Brak ,
Syria , are begun by a team from the
Institute of Archaeology of the
University of London (continue until 1981).
Excavations at
Tell el-'Oueili in
Iraq are begun under the direction of Jean-Louis Huot (continue until 1989).
Excavations in the
Karakum Desert by
Viktor Sarianidi uncover the
Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex .
Excavations at
Mezhirich ,
Ukraine , resume, by N. L. Korniets and M. I. Gladkih (continue to 1981).
Neolithic
Tomb of the Eagles in
Orkney first excavated by Ronald Simison.
[1]
Excavation at
Twann Bahnhof neolithic
pile dwelling site in Switzerland (begun
1974 ) concludes.
Chogha Bonut discovered in
Iran and excavation begins.
Watch Hill Castle in Greater Manchester, England, partially excavated by the North Cheshire Archaeology Group under the direction of Barry Johnson
[2]
Rescue excavation at
Updown early medieval cemetery in Kent, England, led by
Sonia Chadwick Hawkes uncovered 36 graves.
[3]
Publications
The Landscape of Towns by
Michael Aston and James Bond.
La Résistance africaine à la Romanisation by
Marcel Bénabou .
The Stone Circles of the British Isles by
Aubrey Burl .
The Mycenaean World by
John Chadwick .
Prehistoric Maori Fortifications by
Aileen Fox .
[4]
"The integration of historical and archaeological data concerning an historic wreck site, the Kennemerland ", by
Keith Muckelroy , World Archaeology 7 .3 pp 280–289.
Farming in the Iron Age by
Peter J Reynolds .
Industrial Archeology: A New Look at the American Heritage by Theodore Anton Sande.
[5]
Finds
Events
Deaths
References
^
"South Ronaldsay, Isbister" . Canmore . Retrieved 6 June 2017 .
^ Brown, Keri; Johnson, Barry (1985).
"Watch Hill, Bowden" (PDF) . Greater Manchester Archaeological Journal . 1 : 35–38.
^ Hawkes, Sonia Chadwick (1976).
"Interim Report by Mrs. S. C. Hawkes, MA., F.SA., on the Excavations at Eastry" . Archaeologia Cantiana . 92 : 247–248.
^ Quinnell, Henrietta (2009).
"Fox , Aileen Mary, Lady Fox (1907–2005)" .
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/96247 . Retrieved 21 November 2017 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^ Sande, Theodore Anton (1978). Industrial Archeology: A New Look at the American Heritage . Brattleboro, Vermont.
ISBN
9780140049718 .
OCLC
3770723 . {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link )
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"Mortimer Wheeler" . Britannica.com . Retrieved 27 May 2017 .
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"Portrait of Neil Merton Judd" . Smithsonian Institution Archives . Retrieved 5 June 2017 .