1982 in archaeology
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The year 1982 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Events
[edit]- Archaeological Museum of Olympia opens in Greece.
- Eindhoven Museum founded as an archaeological open-air museum in the Netherlands.
Excavations
[edit]- October 11 - Hull of Tudor navy ship Mary Rose raised from the Solent.[1]
- The Chaco Project ends at Chaco Canyon (begun 1971).
Finds
[edit]- March - Wreck of HMS Swift (1763) located in Puerto Deseado on the Atlantic coast of Patagonia.[2]
- May 12 - Coppergate Helmet found in York, England.[3]
- NASA's Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner (TIMS) detects over 200 miles of a precolumbian (900 CE or 1000 CE) road system in Chaco Canyon, as well as walls, buildings and agricultural fields.[4]
- Uluburun shipwreck discovered.
Publications
[edit]- A. F. Harding (ed.) - Climatic Change in Later Prehistory ISBN 0-85224-425-8
- Richard Hodges - Dark Age Economics: the Origins of Towns and Trade, A.D. 600-1000 ISBN 0-7156-1531-9
- Roger Moorey - A Century of Biblical Archaeology ISBN 0-7188-2825-9
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- September 18 - Pei Wenzhong, founding father of Chinese anthropology, buried at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China (b. 1904).[5]
- October - Michael J. O'Kelly, Irish archaeologist (b. 1915).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mary Rose rises after 437 years". On This Day. BBC. 11 October 1982. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Elkin, Dolores (2022). "Archaeological research and heritage management of a British shipwreck in Argentina - the legacy of HMS Swift (1770)". Post-Medieval Archaeology. 56 (3): 225–48. doi:10.1080/00794236.2022.2120718. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "The York Helmet". York: Yorkshire Museum. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Trombold, Charles D. (1991). Ancient Road Networks and Settlement Hierarchies in the New World. Cambridge University Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780521383370.
- ^ "Pei, Wenzhong (1904-1982) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ O'Kelly, Michael J.; O'Kelly, Claire (6 April 1989). Early Ireland: An Introduction to Irish Prehistory. Cambridge University Press. p. xi. ISBN 9780521336871.
