Aëtos Hill, Menelaion Ridge, Laconia, Greece, takes place under H. W. Catling.
San Vincenzo al Volturno by the British School of Archaeology at Rome begin (continue to 1986).
Ain Dara temple, Syria; continues until 1985.
17 February - Derrynaflan Chalice in the south of Ireland.
August - Wreck of the Breadalbane in the Northwest Passage.
Wreck of the paddle steamer Eric Nordevall in Vättern in Sweden.
W. A. McCutcheon - The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. ISBN 0-337-08154-9.
Riace bronzes are put on view.
19 December - Chaco Canyon National Monument is renamed Chaco Culture National Historical Park with 13,000 acres (53 km²) added. The Chaco Culture Archaeological Protection Site program is created to protect Chacoan sites.
January 2: Rhys Carpenter, American Classical art historian (b. 1889)
September 8
Willard Libby, American physical chemist, key developer of radiocarbon dating (b. 1908)
Keith Muckelroy, British maritime archaeologist, in diving accident (b. 1951)
November 16: Don Crabtree, American experimental archaeologist (b. 1912)
André Parrot, French archaeologist of the Near East (b. 1901)
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