1962 in archaeology

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The year 1962 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Ian Graham makes first map of Maya site of El Mirador.
• Historic American Buildings Survey records Johnson's Mill Bridge, a wooden covered bridge over Chickie's Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Excavations

• Little Brickhill excavations 1962–1964 in Buckinghamshire, England.

Publications

• Lewis R. Binford - Archaeology as Anthropology.

Finds

• Neolithic remains at Jiahu discovered by Zhu Zhi.
• First evidence for human occupation of Australia during the last glacial period discovered at Kenniff Cave, Queensland.
• September 6 - Blackfriars Ship I discovered by Peter Marsden in London.
• October 8 - Bremen cog discovered in the Weser.

Miscellaneous

• March: First Conference of Western Archaeologists on Problems of Point Typology at Idaho State College Museum.