1975 in archaeology

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The year 1975 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Five year project at Quiriguá begins, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, the National Geographic Society, and the government of Guatemala.
• National Museum of Korea and related institutions begin archaeological excavations at Songguk-ri, a prehistoric village that serves as the type-site for the material culture of the Middle Mumun Pottery Period in Korea (excavations continue periodically until the late 1990s).

Finds

• Cacaxtla murals.
• Luzia Woman, the skeleton of a woman subsequently determined to be around 11,500 years BP, was found in Lapa Vermelha, Brazil, in 1975 by Annette Laming-Emperaire.

Events

• The discovery of Ciudad Perdida is announced by the government of Colombia.

Publications

• Barbara Bender - Farming in Prehistory: from hunter-gatherer to food-producer.
• Douglas B. Hague and Rosemary Christie - Lighthouses: their architecture, history and archaeology.
• Adrian Oswald - Clay Pipes for the Archaeologist.

Deaths

• September 9 - J. Eric S. Thompson, archaeologist, student of the Maya civilization