1998 in archaeology
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The year 1998 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
- August - Excavation begins at the Belitung shipwreck, an Arab dhow wrecked off Belitung island in Indonesia about 830 AD discovered earlier in the year; it will yield the biggest single collection of Tang dynasty treasures found in one location.[2]
- October - Excavation begins at "Seahenge" ('Holme I'), a prehistoric timber circle off Holme-next-the-Sea in England discovered earlier in the year.
- November 5–20 - British female Mark IV tank D51 Deborah, knocked out at the Battle of Cambrai (1917), at Flesquières in the north of France.[3][4]
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- Excavations at Urkesh by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft.
- Excavations begin at Pichvnari in Georgia by an Anglo-Georgian joint team.[5]
- Excavations begin at Taposiris Magna in Egypt.
Finds
- September - The largest Shapwick Hoard of Roman coins, including the largest number of silver denarii ever found in Britain.[6][7]
- pirate shipwreck ever discovered.[8]
- Artognou stone found at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall.[9]
- World's oldest wet-rice (.
- Human remains at 36 Craven Street, London, former home of Benjamin Franklin, probably dissected in the anatomy school run here by his friend, surgeon William Hewson, 1772–74.[10]
- A floor mosaic depicting Orpheus is found at Prusias ad Hypium in Turkey.[11][12]
Publications
- Flemming Kaul - Ships on Bronzes: a study in Bronze Age religion and iconography.
- Ian M. Stead - The Salisbury Hoard.
- Patricia Wattenmaker - Household and State in Upper Mesopotamia: specialized economy and the social uses of goods in an early complex society.
Other events
- Exhibition is held at the Semitic Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts: "The Sphinx and the Pyramids: One Hundred Years of American Archaeology at Giza". A model of the Giza plateau is prepared for it.
Births
Deaths
- April 18 - Linda Schele, American Mayanist (b. 1942)[13]
- May 11 - Vronwy Hankey, British Near Eastern archaeologist (b. 1916)[14]
- November 24 - John Chadwick, English co-decipherer of Linear B (b. 1920)[15]
References
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- ^ "Belitung Wreck Details & Photos". Marine Exploration. Archived from the original on 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "Discovery". The Tank of Flesquières. Association du tank de Flesquières. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
- ISBN 9781473848344.
- ^ Vickers, Michael (2009). "Welcome to the Pichvnari website". Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "Gold coin hoard unveiled". BBC News. UK. 10 January 2001. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
- ^ "Treasure Annual Report 1998–1999" (PDF). UK: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Maritime Underwater Surveys, Inc., 403 Mass. 501 (Mass. Supreme Court 1988).
- ^ "Clue to King Arthur discovered". BBC News. UK. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- doi:10.5334/ai.0206.
- ^ "Prusias ad Hypium (Konuralp or Üskübü) Turkey". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
- ^ "Tarih Turizmi – Konuralp'ın Mihenk Taşlatından ... Prusias Antik Kentinin Dokusu" (in Turkish). Konuralp. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
- ^ "Obituary: Linda Schele". The Independent. London. 1998-05-22. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
- ^ "Obituary: Vronwy Hankey". The Independent. 1998-06-22. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ "Obituary: John Chadwick". The Independent. 1998-12-04. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2017-05-30.