The year 1957 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Minaret of Jam site in Afghanistan surveyed by André Maricq, Gaston Wiet and Ahmed Ali Kohzad.

Excavations

• August–September - Chestnuts Long Barrow, one of the Medway Megaliths in south-east England.
• So-called 'mound of Midas', the Great Tumulus near Gordium.
• Monastic cell on Iona believed to belong to Columba, by Charles Thomas.
• 1957–1960 - James Mellaart at Hacilar.
• 1957–1961 - Ralph Solecki at Shanidar, Iraq.

Publications

• Medieval Archaeology the journal of the Society for Medieval Archaeology first published

Finds

• Right arm of Laocoön and his Sons
• Sperlonga sculptures
• Ban Chiang
• Maine penny

Awards

Miscellaneous

• The Society for Medieval Archaeology was established in the United Kingdom

Births

• October 21 - Julian Cope, English post-punk singer-songwriter and antiquarian
• November 28 - Judith McKenzie, Australian archaeologist (d. 2019)^[1]

Deaths

• May 12 - J. F. S. Stone, British archaeologist. (b. 1891)
• October 19 - V. Gordon Childe, Australian prehistorian of Europe (b. 1892)^[2]
• November 9 - Alan Wace, English Classical archaeologist (b. 1879)
• November 28 - O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (b. 1866)^[3]
• Grace Mary Crowfoot, English textile archaeologist (b. 1879)