1977 in archaeology

Explorations

• Survey at Taur Ikhbeineh, an Early Bronze Age settlement in the Gaza Strip, led by Ram Gophna

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 settlement in Korea.

Finds

• Tomb of Philip II of Macedon with a Vergina Sun is found at Vergina in Greece by Manolis Andronikos.
• Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng is found in China.
• The Lion of Al-lāt is found in Palmyra by Polish archeologists.

Publications

• Mark Nathan Cohen - The Food Crisis in Prehistory: Overpopulation and the Origins of Agriculture
• Bruce Robertson - Aviation Archaeology: a Collector's Guide to Aeronautical Relics.
• Stanley South - Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology and ''Research Strategies in Historical Archaeology''

Events

• Stones at Stonehenge are fenced off to stop vandalism.

Deaths

• George Willmot, British archaeologist and former curator of the Yorkshire Museum