1964 in archaeology explained

The year 1964 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Seibal Harvard University project begins under direction of Gordon R. Willey and A. Ledyard Smith.
• Et-Tell excavations under Joseph Callaway begin (continue through 1970).
• Saqqara excavations under Bryan Emery begin (continue through 1971).
• Pool of Bethesda excavations.
• Snaketown by Emil Haury, with assistance from E. B. Sayles, Erik K. Reed, and Irwin and Julian Hayden.
• Ebla excavations by the University of Rome La Sapienza directed by Paolo Matthiae begin.
• Excavations in Hane, Marquesas Islands, by Yosihiko H. Sinoto begin.
• Tomb of Princess Yongtai excavated in Qianling Mausoleum, China.
• The Missione Archaeologica Italiana a Malta begins excavations at Ras il-Wardija, Gozo, Malta (continues through 1967).
• First full-scale excavation of Roman villa at Oplontis in Italy begins.
• Archaeological site of Atapuerca in Spain directed by Francisco Jordá Cerdá.
• Argentine surveyor and archaeologist Carlos J. Gradin and his team begins the most profound research on Cueva de las Manos in a 30-year-long study of the caves and their art.^{[1] [2]}
• Excavation of Tel Arad by Yohanan Aharoni (continues until 1967).

Finds

• Getty Victorious Youth in the sea off Fano.
• The second trove of Qabala treasures in Azerbaijan.
• Mummies on Pichu Pichu in the Peruvian Andes.
• Teeth from Grotta del Cavallo in southern Italy, identified in 2011 as the oldest known remains of European early modern humans.
• Pyrgi Tablets at the site of ancient Pyrgi in Lazio, Italy.
• A buckle depicting a man holding a spear in each hand is discovered at Finglesham Anglo-Saxon cemetery during excavations led by Sonia Chadwick Hawkes.^[3]

Events

• May 31 – The Venice Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites is adopted by the Second International Congress of Architects and Specialists of Historic Buildings.
• November 30 – Western Australian Museum Act Amendment Act provides for protection of pre-1900 wrecks in local waters.
• Project to move the Abu Simbel temples to prevent their inundation by the Aswan High Dam begins.

Publications

• L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp - Ancient Ruins and Archaeology.
• Journal of Industrial Archaeology begins publication.

Awards

• Ian Richmond knighted.^[4]

Births

• February – Duan Qingbo, Chinese archaeologist (died 2019)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Delegación Buenos Aires-MINPRO. Cueva de las Manos. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426061322/cuevadelasmanos.peritomoreno.tur.ar/. April 26, 2012. 2021-03-21. Cueva de las Manos. es. Perito Moreno, Argentina.
2. Book: Schobinger, Juan. The Ancient Americans: a reference guide to the art, culture, and history of pre-Columbian North and South America. 2016-12-05. Routledge. 978-0-7656-8034-1. 1st. 1. 39–44, 57–61, 67 & 70. Evans-Corrales. Carys. 10.4324/978131570375. 967392115.
3. Hawkes . Sonia Chadwick . Davidson . H. R. Ellis . Hawkes . Christopher . 1965 . The Finglesham Man . Antiquity . en . 39 . 153 . 17–32 . 10.1017/S0003598X00031379 . 163986460 . 0003-598X.
4. News: The Gazette: Official Public Record. 4 June 2017. The London Gazette. 43390. 24 July 1964.