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1980s
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1990s in archaeology
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Other events: 1990s
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Archaeology timeline
Contents
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Explorations
2
Excavations
3
Finds
4
Publications
5
Events
6
Births
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Deaths
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See also
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References
Explorations
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Excavations
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Start of 5-year project of large excavations at
Birka
(Sweden).
Start of 5-year project of excavation and restoration at the
Ruins of Saint Paul's
,
Macau
.
Start of long-term project of large excavations at
Sagalassos
(Turkey) by
Marc Waelkens
.
Work begins at
Leptiminus
(Tunisia) by
David Mattingly
.
Survey and excavation at
Tall el-Hammam
.
[
1
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Vijayanagara
research project begins in India.
The first of three
World War II
German
tanks
is recovered from the Czarna Nida river in southern
Poland
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Finds
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March –
Swash Channel Wreck
, a continental European armed merchantman of the early 17th century, is found off the south coast of England.
July - Discovered the rests of a man of the
Ortoiroid
culture in
Vieques
island, Puerto Rico, dated back about 2000 b.c.
October –
Wonoboyo Hoard
of gold and silver artifacts from the 9th century
Mataram Kingdom
in Central Java.
[
3
]
December 13 –
West Runton Mammoth
partially uncovered in England.
Vũng Tàu shipwreck
, a
lorcha (boat)
of about 1690 carrying a cargo of porcelain, is identified in the
South China Sea
(in the
Côn Đảo
archipelago).
Workers' tombs in
Giza pyramid complex
of Egypt.
"
Ossuary
of
Caiaphas
" in
Jerusalem
.
A road-building crew in
Central China
accidentally uncovers a
Han dynasty
vault, containing perhaps tens of thousands of
terra-cotta
figures.
Publications
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Sylvia P. Beamon and Susan Roaf –
The Ice-houses of Britain
.
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Events
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November –
British Government
produces
Planning Policy Guidance 16: Archaeology and Planning
to advise local authorities on the treatment of
archaeology
within the planning process. Site developers are required to contract with archaeological teams to have sites investigated in advance of development.
Births
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Deaths
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January 29 –
Leslie Peter Wenham
, English Roman archaeologist (born
1911
)
See also
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Pompeii
References
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Prag, Kay (1991).
"Preliminary Report on the Excavations at Tell Iktanu and Tell al-Hammam, Jordan, 1990"
.
Levant
.
23
(
1
): 55–66.
doi
:
10.1179/lev.1991.23.1.55
. Retrieved
2020-05-02
.
^
Hamilton, Laura (2023-10-25).
"Long lost Nazi tank 'worth a fortune' hauled out of river"
.
Metro
. London
. Retrieved
2023-10-26
.
^
"Warisan Saragi Diah Bunga"
. Majalah Tempo. 1990-11-03. Archived from
the original
on 2017-05-29
. Retrieved
2017-09-10
.
^
Beamon, Sylvia P; Roaf, Susan (1990).
"The ice-houses of Britain"
.
National Library of Australia
. London ; New York : Routledge
. Retrieved
21 December
2017
.
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