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The year 1969 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

The Byzantine Fortress is originally excavated at Isthmia in 1969.
In Iran, BARD-E BAL, a necropolis, is excavated in 1969-70 by the Belgian archaeological mission, along the banks of the Gara@b river.
In Cyprus, an unlooted tomb of the Cypro-Classic I period is excavated.
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 third century, is excavated.
On the Isle of Wight, two barrows on Ashey Down are excavated.
With a British expedition at Cambodunum, in Bavaria (Germany), an area to the north of the fort is excavated in 1969, during which several timber buildings are identified in a vicus settlement.
In Ireland, the burial mound at Grannagh, near Ardrahan in County Galway, first excavated in 1916 by R.A.S. Macalister, is re-excavated in 1969 by Etienne Rynne.
The steamboat Bertrand is excavated, revealing the hull with cargo in the center, later removed.

In Ireland, from the burial mound at Grannagh, finds included 10 glass beads (one of dumbbell-shape), 3 fragmentary bronze La Tene-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.