1971 in archaeology



Explorations

Excavations

  • The Chaco Project, conducted by the National Park Service and the University of New Mexico, surveys and excavates Chaco Canyon
  • Wesleyan and Tufts Universities begin an excavation and survey program around the town of Buccino in the Campania to determine settlement patterns during the Roman period. In this season they run a series of experiments using the Barringer proton magnetometer to test the feasibility of its use in the area and excavate three villa sites: Vagni, lying on an artificial terraced platform overlooking the Cosenza-Potenza road and the Platona-Tanagro valley, within which pottery including black glaze is found, and there is evidence that the countryside around was used until the last years of the 4th century; Pareti, which yields much pottery from the Lucanian and polygonal platform walls; and San Nicola, below the town and across the river
  • Scientific excavations at Anshan in Iran begin

Publications

Finds

Miscellaneous

Deaths