1967 in archaeology

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The year 1967 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• June 12 - New England Textile Mills Survey commenced by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
• July–September - Provo Brickyard Turbine House, Provo, Utah, recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey.

Excavations

• The first treasure from the Spanish Armada wreck Girona is recovered off Northern Ireland.
• Excavations at Tel Arad by Yohanan Aharoni end (began 1962).

Publications

• Post-medieval archaeology: the journal of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology first published

Finds

• May 20 - Hoard of denarii found at Little Brickhill in Buckinghamshire, England.
• Dholavira site is discovered by Shri Jagatpati Joshi.
• Akrotiri (prehistoric city) is discovered.

Events

• January 6 - The Society for Historical Archaeology is founded^[1] in the United States.^[2]
• November 3–5 - The theory and practice of industrial archaeology: the Bath Conference on Industrial archaeology.

Births

• February 21 - Neil Oliver, Scottish-born archaeologist and television presenter

Deaths

References

1. Tarlow, Sarah; West, Susie (2002). Familiar Past?: Archaeologies of Later Historical Britain. Routledge. p. 283. ISBN 9781134660346.
2. South, Stanley (2013). Pioneers in Historical Archaeology: Breaking New Ground. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 7. ISBN 9781489909558.