1962 in archaeology

The year 1962 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

 * Ian Graham makes first map of Maya site of El Mirador.
 * Historic American Buildings Survey records Johnson's Mill Bridge, a wooden covered bridge over Chickie's Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Excavations

 * Little Brickhill excavations 1962–1964 in Buckinghamshire, England.
 * Ongoing excavations at Aphrodisias in Anatolia begun by Kenan Erim under the aegis of New York University.
 * Excavation of Tel Arad by Yohanan Aharoni (continues until 1967).

Publications

 * Lewis R. Binford - Archaeology as Anthropology.
 * Peter H. Sawyer - The Age of the Vikings

Finds

 * January 15 - The Derveni papyrus, which dates to 340 BCE, making it the oldest surviving manuscript in Europe, is discovered at a grave site in Macedonia (Greece).
 * September 6 - Blackfriars Ship I discovered by Peter Marsden in London.
 * October 8 - Bremen cog discovered in the Weser.
 * Neolithic remains at Jiahu discovered by Zhu Zhi.
 * First evidence for human occupation of Australia during the last glacial period discovered at Kenniff Cave, Queensland.

Events

 * March - First Conference of Western Archaeologists on Problems of Point Typology at Idaho State College Museum.

Births

 * Nikolai Grube, German Mayan epigrapher
 * Li Feng, Chinese American sinologist

Deaths

 * William Duncan Strong, American archaeologist (born 1899)