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Overview of the events of 1979 in archaeology
The year 1979 in
archaeology involved some significant events.
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Aubrey Burl - Prehistoric Avebury.
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J. M. Coles and A. F. Harding - The Bronze Age in Europe: an introduction to the prehistory of Europe, c.2000–700 BC.
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Kenneth Hudson - World Industrial Archaeology.
- A. L. F. Rivet and Colin Smith - The Place-names of Roman Britain.
- Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History series founded by David Brown,
James Campbell, and
Sonia Chadwick Hawkes.
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- June 2 - Protesters opposed to the building of civic offices on the site of
Viking excavations in
Wood Quay,
Dublin, occupy the area.
- January 15 -
Yang Zhongjian, father of
Chinese
vertebrate
paleontology, buried at
Peking Man site in
Zhoukoudian, China (b.
1897)
- January 20 -
Robert Wauchope,
American archaeologist and anthropologist (b.
1909)
- January 24 -
Raissa Calza, Ukrainian-born archaeologist of
Ancient Rome, previously ballet dancer (b.
1894)
- August 1 -
Li Ji, Chinese archaeologist (b.
1896)
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- August 25 -
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier,
Mexican archaeologist, discoverer of the tomb of
K'inich Janaab' Pakal at
Palenque (b.
1906)
- December 14 -
Charles McBurney,
American-born archaeologist working in Britain (b.
1914)