1970 in archaeology 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Importance and applicability Archaeology is the study of human nature and attempts to illuminate the question of what it means to be human. ...

Explorations

Excavations

• Joint British Museum, Harvard University, and Cambridge University project was begun at Maya site of Lubaantun begun under leadership of Normand Hammond
• 5 years project at Altun Ha led by Dr. David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum ends

The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum is one of the worlds largest and most important museums of ancient history. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... REDIRECT [1] ... The Maya are people of southern Mexico and northern Central America (Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador) with some 3,000 years of history. ... Lubaantun (sometimes spelled Lubaantún) is a Pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in southern Belize, Central America. ... Altun Ha is the name given ruins of an ancient Maya city in Belize, located in the Belize District about 30 miles (50 km) north of Belize City and about 6 miles (10 km) west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea. ...

Publications

Finds

• First Botorrita plaque

photograph of Botorrita I (both sides) The Botorrita plaques are four bronze plaques discovered in Botorrita (Roman Contrebia Belaisca, 41°30′ N 1°00′ W), near Saragossa, dating to the early 1st century BC, labelled Botorrita I, II, III and IV Botorrita II is in the Latin language, but Botorrita...

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

Deaths

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1969 in archaeology
• 1971 in archaeology