Tombs with artefacts at
Mawangdui in China (1972–1974 excavations).
At
Mesa Verde National Park, the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project is completed, with excavation of three cliff dwellings (Long House, Mug House, and Step House), including a survey of Wetherill Mesa and excavation of selected mesa-top sites (begun in
1959).
A
geographer and an aerial photographer studying the
Campeche region of the
Yucatan peninsula prove that the
Maya practiced intensive agriculture in raised, narrow, rectangular plots that they built above the low-lying, seasonally flooded land bordering along rivers.
Excavations at
Skara Brae under D. V. Clarke begin.
March - The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration first published, under the auspices of the
Council for Nautical Archaeology in the
UK.
November 16 - Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted by the General Conference of
UNESCO, paving the way for the adoption of
World Heritage Sites.
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10.1111/j.1095-9270.1973.tb00517.x.
^"Hetty Goldman: Life". Institute for Advanced Study. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2017.