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The year 1989 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations[edit]

Excavations[edit]

  • 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.

Finds[edit]

  • 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.[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]
  • Laguna Copperplate Inscription found in the Philippines.
  • Oldest known wing bone of the great auk found at Boxgrove Quarry.

Publications[edit]

  • 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.

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References[edit]

  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. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ^ "UC-70". Wrecksite. 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2017-08-20. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ^ Clayton, Peter A. (1994). Chronicle of the Pharaohs. Thames & Hudson. p. 118. ISBN 0-500-05074-0.