1965 in archaeology explained

The year 1965 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Start of five-year project of excavations and restorations at Altun Ha led by Dr. David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum.
• Start of 18-year excavations at Roman Baths (Bath) led by Barry Cunliffe.
• Start of three-year excavations at Bab edh-Dhra.^[1]
• Hinton St Mary Mosaic in England.
• Excavations at Brahmagiri by Amalananda Ghosh.
• Further excavations at the Roman temple of Bziza by Harutune Kalayan.
• The final version of the 33-metre-high (108 ft) Tikal Temple 33 at the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala is completely dismantled by archaeologists.
• Excavation at Tel Arad by Yohanan Aharoni (continues until 1967).

Finds

• March 19 - Wreck of the is discovered off Charleston, South Carolina, exactly 102 years after her sinking, by E. Lee Spence.^{[2] [3] [4]}
• June - Jutholmen wreck (sunk c.1700) is discovered off Dalarö, Sweden.^[5]
• June - The Golden Bust of Septimius Severus is found in Didymoteicho, Greece.
• August - Mosaic floor at Sparsholt Roman Villa, Hampshire, England.
• November - Kyrenia ship is found near Kyrenia, Cyprus.
• December - Sword of Goujian is found in Jiangling County, China.
• Geologist Nikolai Samorukov finds petroglyphs in the rocks at Kaikuul Bluff overlooking the Pegtymel River in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
• Group of gold and silver vessels found at Tepe Fullol in northern Afghanistan.
• Fir Clump Stone Circle in Wiltshire, England, rediscovered.
• Mammoth remains found at Mezhirich, Ukraine.
• First fossilized fragment of the hominin later identified as Australopithecus anamensis found in the Kanapoi region of Lake Turkana.^[6]
• A carved stone head is discovered during excavations at Deganwy Castle in north Wales. Depicted wearing a crown, the figure may represent Llywelyn the Great who rebuilt the castle in the first third of the 13th century.^{[7] [8]}

Publications

• R. G. Collingwood and R. P. Wright - The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, vol. 1.
• P. V. Glob - Mosefolket Jernalderens Mennesker bevaret i 2000 Ar (The Bog People: Iron-Age man preserved).

Deaths

• July 14 - Herbert Maryon, British conservator (b. 1874).
• October 5 - Sir Ian Richmond, British archaeologist of Ancient Rome (b. 1902).

Notes and References

1. Book: Schaub, R. Thomas. Rast, Walter E.. Bab edh-Dhra': Excavations in the Cemetery Directed by Paul W. Lapp (1965–1967). Reports of the Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain, Jordan 1. Winona Lake. Eisenbrauns. 1989. 978-0-931464-51-5.
2. Diver Lee Spence. Eugene. Warner. Sandlapper. Columbia, SC. April 1970. 40–43.
3. Treasure Diver. Katherine. Hatch. Treasure World. February–March 1972. 44–45.
4. Wreck of the Georgianna . Kevin. Rooney. Skin Diver. Los Angeles. 80–81, 86–87. March 1980.
5. Web site: The Jutholmen wreck. Sjöhistoriska. 2018-10-09. 2018-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180107002734/http://www.sjohistoriska.se/en/maritime-archaeology/wrecks-in-the-baltic-sea/the-jutholmen-wreck. dead.
6. Ward. C.. Leaky. M.. Walker. A.. The new hominid species Australopithecus anamensis. Evolutionary Anthropology. 1999. 7. 6. 197–205. 10.1002/(sici)1520-6505(1999)7:6<197::aid-evan4>3.0.co;2-t. 84278748 .
7. 1967 . A Crowned Head from Degannwy Castle, Caernarvonshire . The Antiquaries Journal . en . 47 . 1 . 112 . 10.1017/S0003581500088594 . 246063004 . 0003-5815.
8. Wilson . David M. . Hurst . D. Gillian . 1966 . Medieval Britain in 1965 . Medieval Archaeology . en . 10 . 1 . 193 . 10.1080/00766097.1966.11735288 . Archaeology Data Service.