1961 in archaeology

1961 in archaeology

The year 1961 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

* Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad begin excavation of Viking artifacts at L'Anse aux Meadows, first archaeologically confirmed evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
* INAH project dredjes artifacts from the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza
* Start of excavations at Çatalhöyük by James Mellaart

Publications

Finds

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

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