At the Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene, site ЕЮ/(Area 1), 1, 3, as a dump of the imperial period, predating the 3rd century, is excavated.
R.A.S. Macalister) is re-excavated in 1969 by Etienne Rynne
.
The Missouri River steamboat Bertrand is excavated, revealing the hull with cargo in the center, later removed.
Publications
J. N. L. Myres
- Anglo-Saxon Pottery and the Settlement of England.
Finds
June -
Blackfriars Ship II discovered by Peter Marsden in London
.
Ship remains at the
Marsala Ship
site off Sicily are discovered.
Wreck of the
VOC ship Amsterdam (lost on her maiden voyage in 1749) is exposed off Bulverhythe in the English Channel
.
In Ireland, from the burial mound at Grannagh, finds included 10 glass beads (one of dumbbell-shape), 3 fragmentary bronze La Tène-type fibulae of rod-bow type, some bone beads or pins, and some items of iron.
In Wuwei County, Gansu Province, Lanzhou, an artefact is excavated depicting a vigorous horse with long tail waving and head perking.
In Australia, "Mungo Woman", first of the Lake Mungo remains, is discovered by Jim Bowler, one of the world's oldest cremations at around 24,000 years BP.
