1989 in archaeology

Table of years in archaeology
	…; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; …;
Related time period or subjects
	…; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; …; …; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; …; …; 19th century; 20th century; 21st century; …;
	Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more ; In Template:Year nav topic: extra parameters: science

The year 1989 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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.

May - Wreck of PS Lady Elgin (sunk in collision 1860) discovered off Highwood, Illinois, by Harry Zych.^[1]
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.^[2]
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.^[3]
Oldest known wing bone of the great auk found at Boxgrove Quarry.

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.

↑ Baillod, Brendon. "The Wreck of the Steamer Lady Elgin". Ship-wreck.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
↑ "UC-70". Wrecksite. 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
↑ Clayton, Peter A. (1994). Chronicle of the Pharaohs. Thames & Hudson. p. 118. ISBN 0-500-05074-0.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

Table of years in archaeology
… 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 …
Related time period or subjects
… 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 … … 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s … … 19th century 20th century 21st century …
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more In Template:Year nav topic: extra parameters: science