1989 in archaeology

The year 1989 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Explorations

Excavations

• Excavations are made at the Temple of Poseidon (near Corinth, also known as the Temple of Isthmia) by University of Chicago.
• Vimala Begley commences excavations at Arikamedu in Puducherry.
• Rescue excavation at Updown early medieval cemetery in Kent, England, led by Brian Philp, uncover 41 previously unexcavated graves.^[1]
• Monkey Marsh Lock, an 18th-century turf-sided lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Thatcham in southern England, is excavated and recorded prior to reconstruction.^[2]

Finds

• January - Skeleton of Buhl Woman (c. 10,675 BP) found in Idaho.
• May - Wreck of PS Lady Elgin (sunk in collision 1860) discovered off Highwood, Illinois, by Harry Zych.^[3]
• June 8 - Wreck of German battleship Bismarck (scuttled in 1941) discovered in North Atlantic by Robert Ballard.
• Wreck of German Type UC II submarine SM UC-70 (depth-charged in 1918) discovered off the North Yorkshire coast of England.^[4]
• Yoshinogari Ruins discovered at Kanzaki, Kyūshū, Japan; goods and building are mainly Yayoi period.
• Remains of The Rose and Globe Theatres discovered in London.
• Luxor statue cache in courtyard of Amenhotep III's colonnade of the Temple of Luxor, including a 6 ft (1.8 m) pink quartzite statue of the king on a sled wearing the Double Crown.^[5]
• Laguna Copperplate Inscription found in the Philippines.
• Oldest known wing bone of the great auk found at Eartham Pit, Boxgrove in England.

Publications

• Richard Hodges - The Anglo-Saxon Achievement: Archaeology & the Beginnings of English Society. Duckworth. ISBN 0-7156-2130-0
• Stuart Piggott - Ancient Britons and the Antiquarian Imagination: Ideas from the Renaissance to the Regency. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-01470-1.

Births

Deaths

References

1. Welch, Martin (2008). "Report on Excavations of the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Updown, Eastry, Kent". In Crawford, Sally; Hamerow, Helena (eds.). Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 15. Vol. 15. Oxbow Books. p. 7. doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dw9r.5. ISBN 978-1-78297-531-1. JSTOR j.ctvh1dw9r.
2. Trust for Wessex Archaeology (1991). Monkey Marsh Lock. Kennet & Avon Canal Trust.
3. Baillod, Brendon. "The Wreck of the Steamer Lady Elgin". Ship-wreck.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
4. "UC-70". Wrecksite. 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
5. Clayton, Peter A. (1994). Chronicle of the Pharaohs. Thames & Hudson. p. 118. ISBN 0-500-05074-0.