The year 1977 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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 (c. 1500-300 BC) 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 (New Haven: Yale University Press) Bruce Robertson - Aviation Archaeology: a Collector's Guide to Aeronautical Relics (Cambridge, England: Patrick Stephens Ltd). Stanley South - Method and Theory in Historical Archaeology and Research Strategies in Historical Archaeology (editor)
Events Stones at Stonehenge are fenced off to stop vandalism.
Deaths George Willmot, British archaeologist and former curator of the Yorkshire Museum (b. 1908)
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