- 1972 in archaeology
The year
1972 inarchaeology involved some significant events.Excavations
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National Institute of Anthropology and History excavations at Maya site ofCoba begin under direction ofCarlos Navarrete .
*Tell Abu Hureyra , inSyria .
*Varna necropolis , inBulgaria .
* AtMesa 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 theCampeche region of theYucatan 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
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Ciudad Perdida , inColombia .
*Riace warriors are discovered in theIonian Sea .
*Tamatsuzuka mural discovered in Asuka, central Nara,Japan .Births
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Deaths
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October 1 :Louis Leakey , archaeologistee also
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List of years in archaeology
*1971 in archaeology
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