1973 in archaeology 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ...

Explorations

Excavations

• Meadowcroft Rock Shelter under James M. Adovasio

Meadowcroft Rock Shelter is an archaeological site located near Avella in Washington County, in southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. ...

Events

• First Mesa Redonda de Palenque conference in Palenque starts very productive process leading to major improvements in understanding Maya hieroglyphics and the iconography of Maya civilization
• Tucson Garbage Project initiated by William Rathje

The Palace, Ruins of Palenque Palenque is a Maya archeological site not far from the Usumacinta River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, about 130 km. ... Maya hieroglyphics is the system of writing used by the pre-Columbian Maya people to record the Maya language. ... Iconography is the study and interpretation of images in art. ... The Maya civilization is a historical Mesoamerican civilization, which extended throughout the northern Central American region which includes the present-day states of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and parts of El Salvador, as well as the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco and the entirety of the Yucatán peninsula. ... The Tucson Garbage Project is an archaeological and sociological study instituted in 1973 by Dr. William Rathje in the city of Tucson in the Southwestern American state of Arizona. ... William Rathje (born 1 July 1954) is an archaeologist and Professor at Stanford University. ...

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See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1972 in archaeology
• 1974 in archaeology