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The year 1961 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Explorations 2 Excavations 3 Publications 4 Finds 5 Awards 6 Miscellaneous 7 Births 8 Deaths

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• Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad begin excavation of Viking artifacts at L'Anse aux Meadows, first archaeologically confirmed evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
• INAH project dredjes artifacts from the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza
• Start of excavations at Çatalhöyük by James Mellaart

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