1960 in archaeology
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| +... |
| 1780s . 1790s in archaeology . 1800 |
| Other events: 1790s . Archaeology timeline |
Explorations
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2010) |
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.
Awards
| This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2010) |
Miscellaneous
| This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (July 2010) |
Births
- April 21 - Nicholas Thomas, Australian-born British archaeologist of Oceania
- May 11 - Pál Sümegi, Hungarian geoarchaeologist
- September 1 - Eric H. Cline, American Classical archaeologist
- Timothy Taylor, English archaeologist
Deaths
- October 6 - Karel Absolon, Czech archaeologist (b. 1877)
- March 11 - Roy Chapman Andrews, American explorer (b. 1884)
- February 20 - Leonard Woolley, English archaeologist (b. 1880)