Excavations

• Tel Dan.
• Excavations begin at Kuşaklı
  Kusakli
  Kuşaklı is an archaeological site in Turkey. It is 4 km east of the village Basören/Altinyayla, 60 km south of Sivas. Excavation continues under the direction of Andreas Müller-Karpe....
  
   (Sarissa).
• "Jules Verne" shipwrecks at Marseilles.

Finds

• El Fuerte de Samaipata
  El Fuerte de Samaipata
  El Fuerte de Samaipata , also known simply as 'El Fuerte', is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Santa Cruz Department, Florida Province, Bolivia. It is situated in the eastern foothills of the Bolivian Andes, and is a popular tourist destination for Bolivians and...
  
   near Samaipata
  Samaipata, Bolivia
  The town of Samaipata is located in the department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Samaipata is a Quechua word that means: The Height to Rest. With its delightful subtropical climate and an altitude of 1600-1800 m it tempts foreigners to settle...
  
  , Bolivia
  Bolivia
  Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
  
   excavated by Dr. Albert Meyers of the University of Bonn
  University of Bonn
  The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
  
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• Stone tool
  Stone tool
  A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made either partially or entirely out of stone. Although stone tool-dependent societies and cultures still exist today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric, particularly Stone Age cultures that have become extinct...
  
  s 2.6 million years old are first found at Gona in the Afar Depression
  Afar Depression
  The Afar Triangle is a geological depression that is caused by the Afar Triple Junction which is part of the Great Rift Valley. It overlaps Eritrea, Djibouti and the entire Afar Region of Ethiopia. The Afar Triangle includes the Danakil Depression and the lowest point in Africa, Lake Asal...
  
   of Ethiopia
  Ethiopia
  Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
  
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• June: Villa Mendo Roman Villa at Rio Alto
  Rio Alto
  thumb|250px|Rio Alto is a tourist area for golfers, naturists, campers, and agronomists.Rio Alto is a small river in the Póvoa de Varzim Municipality, whose source is located at the foot of São Félix Hill . The river empties at Estela Parish in Rio Alto Beach...
  
  , Portugal.
• 16 November: Hoxne Hoard
  Hoxne Hoard
  The Hoxne Hoard is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, and the largest collection of gold and silver coins of the fourth and fifth century found anywhere within the Roman Empire...
  
   discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Suffolk
  Suffolk
  Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
  
  , England.

Publications

• Donald B. Redford
  Donald B. Redford
  Donald B. Redford is a Canadian Egyptologist and archaeologist, currently Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is married to Susan Redford, who is also an Egyptologist currently teaching classes at the university...
  
   - Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times.
• Nils Ringstedt - Household Economy and Archaeology: some aspects of theory and applications.
• Lawrence Guy Straus - Iberia Before the Iberians: the Stone Age prehistory of Cantabrian Spain.
• Barrie Trinder (ed.) - The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Industrial Archaeology.

Deaths

• Ignacio Bernal
  Ignacio Bernal
  Ignacio Bernal was an eminent Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist.Bernal excavated much of Monte Albán, originally starting as a student of Alfonso Caso, and later led major archeological projects at Teotihuacan. In 1965 he excavated Dainzú...
  
  , Mexican archaeologist
• 30 March: Manolis Andronikos
  Manolis Andronikos
  Manolis Andronikos was a Greek archaeologist and a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was born on October 23, 1919 at Bursa . Later, his family moved to Thessaloniki....
  
  , Greek archaeologist
• 22 February: Oscar Broneer
  Oscar Broneer
  Oscar Theodore Broneer was a Swedish American archaeologist prominent for his work on Ancient Greece.-Biography:...