1969 in archaeology
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The year 1969 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Explorations
[edit] Excavations
- The Byzantine Fortress is originally excavated at Isthmia in 1969.
- In Iran, BARD-E BAL, a necropolis, is excavated in 1969-70 by the Belgian archaeological mission, along the banks of the Gara@b river.
- In Cyprus, an unlooted tomb of the Cypro-Classic I period is excavated.
- At the Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, site ЕЮ/(Area 1), 1, 3, as a dump of the imperial period, predating the third century, is excavated.
- On the Isle of Wight, two barrows on Ashey Down are excavated.
- With a British expedition at Cambodunum, in Bavaria (Germany), an area to the north of the fort is excavated in 1969, during which several timber buildings are identified in a vicus settlement.
- In Ireland, the burial mound at Grannagh, near Ardrahan in County Galway, first excavated in 1916 by R.A.S. Macalister, is re-excavated in 1969 by Etienne Rynne.
- The steamboat Bertrand is excavated, revealing the hull with cargo in the center, later removed.
[edit] Publications
[edit] Finds
- In Ireland, from the burial mound at Grannagh, finds included 10 glass beads (one of dumbbell-shape), 3 fragmentary bronze La Tene-type fibulae of rod-bow type, some bone beads or pins, and some items of iron.
- In Wuwei County, Gansu Province, Lanzhou, an artefact is excavated depicting a vigorous horse with long tail waving and head perking.
