1965 in archaeology

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The year 1965 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Start of 5 year project of excavations and restorations at Altun Ha led by Dr. David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum.
• Excavations at Brahmagiri by Amalananda Ghosh.

Publications

• R. G. Collingwood and R. P. Wright - The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, vol. 1.
• P. V. Glob - Mosefolket Jernalderens Mennesker bevaret i 2000 Ar (The Bog People: Iron-Age man preserved).

Finds

• March 19 - Wreck of the SS Georgiana is discovered off Charleston, South Carolina, exactly 102 years after her sinking, by E. Lee Spence.
• Geologist Nikolai Samorukov finds petroglyphs in the rocks at Kaikuul Bluff overlooking the Pegtymel River in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
• Group of gold and silver vessels found at Tepe Fullol in northern Afghanistan.
• Mammoth remains found at Mezhirich, Ukraine.

Deaths

• October 5 - Sir Ian Richmond, British archaeologist of Ancient Rome (b. 1902).