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Overview of the events of 1970 in archaeology
Explorations
Excavations
Publications
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P. V. Glob - Hojfolket: Bronzealderens mennesker bevaret i 3000 år (The Mound People: Danish bronze-age man preserved).
Finds
- July -
Heilongjiang hand cannon, dating from c. 1288, discovered by Wei Guozhong in
Manchuria.
- October 21 - Loose timber from the wreck of the Tudor warship
Mary Rose found in the
Solent off the coast of
England.
- First
Botorrita plaque.
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Sweet Track discovered by John Sweet in the
Somerset Levels of England.
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Blackfriars Ships III and IV discovered by Peter Marsden in
London.
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Submarine
CSS H. L. Hunley (sunk in action 1864) is claimed to be located in
Charleston Harbor,
South Carolina, by
E. Lee Spence.
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Buckquoy spindle-whorl, dating from the
Early Middle Ages, probably the 8th century, excavated in Buckquoy,
Birsay,
Orkney,
Scotland; notable because of its
Ogham inscription.
Awards
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Births
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See also
References