1976 in archaeology

1976 in archaeology

The year 1976 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

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Excavations

*The Chaco Project (National Park Service and University of New Mexico) excavates fourteen rooms at Pueblo Alto from 1976 to 1978.

*Hwangnyongsa, a large-scale Buddhist temple of the Korean Three Kingdoms state of Silla dating to AD 553 (excavations continue until 1983).

Publications

* "The Mycenaean World" by John Chadwick.

Finds

* Tomb of Fu Hao discovered at Yinxu
* Joya de Cerén, "Pompeii of the Americas"
* Nim Li Punit
* The fourth trove of Qabala treasures

Awards

Miscellaneous

* August 8: Founding of the modern Korean Archaeological Society, in Seoul, South Korea.

Births

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Deaths

* July 22: Mortimer Wheeler, archaeologist
*Neil Merton Judd


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