1977 in archaeology

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The year 1977 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Mario Pino and Tom Dillehay begins excavations at Monte Verde, Chile
• Excavations of the henge at Balfarg in Scotland, led by Roger Mercer, begin.
• Initial excavations take place at Daepyeong, a large Mumun Pottery Period (c. 1500-300 BC) settlement in Korea.

Finds

• Tomb of Philip II of Macedon is found at Vergina by Manolis Andronikos.
• Vergina Sun.
• The Lion of Al-lāt was found by Polish archeologists in Palmyra.

Publications

• Mark Nathan Cohen - The Food Crisis in Prehistory: Overpopulation and the Origins of Agriculture (New Haven: Yale University Press)
• Bruce Robertson - Aviation Archaeology: a Collectors Guide to Aeronautical Relics (Cambridge, England: Patrick Stephens Ltd).
• Stanley South - Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology and Research Strategies in Historical Archaeology (editor)

Other events

• Stones at Stonehenge are fenced off.

Births

June 21, 1977