1965 in archaeology

The year 1965 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

 * Start of five-year project of excavations and restorations at Altun Ha led by Dr. David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum.
 * Start of 18-year excavations at Roman Baths (Bath) led by Barry Cunliffe.
 * Start of three-year excavations at Bab edh-Dhra.
 * Hinton St Mary Mosaic in England.
 * Excavations at Brahmagiri by Amalananda Ghosh.
 * Further excavations at the Roman temple of Bziza by Harutune Kalayan.
 * The final version of the 33-metre-high (108 ft) Tikal Temple 33 at the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala is completely dismantled by archaeologists.
 * Excavation at Tel Arad by Yohanan Aharoni (continues until 1967).

Finds

 * March 19 - Wreck of the SS Georgiana is discovered off Charleston, South Carolina, exactly 102 years after her sinking, by E. Lee Spence.
 * June - Jutholmen wreck (sunk c.1700) is discovered off Dalarö, Sweden.
 * June - The Golden Bust of Septimius Severus is found in Didymoteicho, Greece.
 * August - Mosaic floor at Sparsholt Roman Villa, Hampshire, England.
 * November - Kyrenia ship is found near Kyrenia, Cyprus.
 * December - Sword of Goujian is found in Jiangling County, China.
 * Geologist Nikolai Samorukov finds petroglyphs in the rocks at Kaikuul Bluff overlooking the Pegtymel River in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
 * Group of gold and silver vessels found at Tepe Fullol in northern Afghanistan.
 * Fir Clump Stone Circle in Wiltshire, England, rediscovered.
 * Mammoth remains found at Mezhirich, Ukraine.
 * First fossilized fragment of the hominin later identified as Australopithecus anamensis found in the Kanapoi region of Lake Turkana.
 * A carved stone head is discovered during excavations at Deganwy Castle in north Wales. Depicted wearing a crown, the figure may represent Llywelyn the Great who rebuilt the castle in the first third of the 13th century.

Publications

 * R. G. Collingwood and R. P. Wright - The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, vol. 1.
 * P. V. Glob - Mosefolket Jernalderens Mennesker bevaret i 2000 Ar (The Bog People: Iron-Age man preserved).

Deaths

 * July 14 - Herbert Maryon, British conservator (b. 1874).
 * October 5 - Sir Ian Richmond, British archaeologist of Ancient Rome (b. 1902).