1972 in archaeology
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The year 1972 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Excavations
- National Institute of Anthropology and History excavations at Maya site of Coba begin under direction of Carlos Navarrete.
- Tell Abu Hureyra, in Syria.
- Varna necropolis, in Bulgaria.
- Geographer and an aerial photographer studying the Campeche region of the Yucatan peninsula proves that the Maya practiced intensive agriculture in raised, narrow, rectangular plots that they built above the low-laying, seasonally flooded land bordering rivers.
[edit] Discoveries
- Ciudad Perdida, in Colombia.
- Riace warriors are discovered in the Ionian Sea.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- October 1: Louis Leakey, archaeologist
