1972 in archaeology

1972 in archaeology

The year 1972 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

* National Institute of Anthropology and History excavations at Maya site of Coba begin under direction of Carlos Navarrete.
* Tell Abu Hureyra, in Syria.
* Varna necropolis, in Bulgaria.
* At Mesa Verde National Park, the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project is completed, with excavation of three cliff dwellings (Long House, Mug House, and Step House), including a survey of Wetherill Mesa and excavation of selected mesa-top sites (begun in 1959).

* A geographer and an aerial photographer studying the Campeche region of the Yucatan peninsula prove that the Maya practiced intensive agriculture in raised, narrow, rectangular plots that they built above the low-lying, seasonally flooded land bordering along rivers.

Discoveries

*Ciudad Perdida, in Colombia.
*Riace warriors are discovered in the Ionian Sea.
*Tamatsuzuka mural discovered in Asuka, central Nara, Japan.

Births

*

Deaths

* October 1: Louis Leakey, archaeologist

ee also

* List of years in archaeology
* 1971 in archaeology
* 1973 in archaeology


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