1976 in archaeology

The year 1976 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

The Chaco Project excavates fourteen rooms at Pueblo Alto from 1976 to 1978.
Hwangnyongsa, a large-scale Buddhist temple of the Korean Three Kingdoms state of Silla dating to AD 553.
Excavations at Tell Brak, Syria, are begun by a team from the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London.
Excavations at Tell el-'Oueili in Iraq are begun under the direction of Jean-Louis Huot.
Excavations in the Karakum Desert by Viktor Sarianidi uncover the Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex.
Excavations at Mezhirich, Ukraine, resume, by N. L. Korniets and M. I. Gladkih.
Neolithic Tomb of the Eagles in Orkney first excavated by Ronald Simison.
Excavation at Twann Bahnhof neolithic pile dwelling site in Switzerland concludes.
Chogha Bonut discovered in Iran and excavation begins.
Watch Hill Castle in Greater Manchester, England, partially excavated by the North Cheshire Archaeology Group under the direction of Barry Johnson
Rescue excavation at Updown early medieval cemetery in Kent, England, led by Sonia Chadwick Hawkes uncovered 36 graves.

The Landscape of Towns by Michael Aston and James Bond.
La Résistance africaine à la Romanisation by Marcel Bénabou.
The Stone Circles of the British Isles by Aubrey Burl.
The Mycenaean World by John Chadwick.
Prehistoric Maori Fortifications by Aileen Fox.
"The integration of historical and archaeological data concerning an historic wreck site, the Kennemerland", by Keith Muckelroy, World Archaeology 7.3 pp 280–289.
Farming in the Iron Age by Peter J Reynolds.
Industrial Archeology: A New Look at the American Heritage by Theodore Anton Sande.

August 8: Founding of the modern Korean Archaeological Society, in Seoul, South Korea.
August 27: Round Table removed from the wall of Winchester Castle in England for archaeological examination.