1998 in archaeology

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The year 1998 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations[]

Location of site of Portuguese carrack Esmeralda wrecked off the coast of Oman in 1503.^[1]

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]
Igeum-dong, a settlement-burial-ceremonial site of the Mumun Pottery Period in Sacheon, Korea (excavations finish in 1999).
Excavations at Urkesh by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft.
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.^[5]^[6]
Whydah Gally, wrecked off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1717, the first authenticated pirate shipwreck ever discovered.^[7]
Artognou stone found at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall.^[8]
World's oldest wet-rice (rice paddy) agricultural feature, c. 800 BC, at Okhyeon site, Ulsan, Korea.
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.^[9]
A floor mosaic depicting Orpheus is found at Prusias ad Hypium in Turkey.^[10]^[11]

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 Harvard University 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)^[12]
May 11 - Vronwy Hankey, British Near Eastern archaeologist (b. 1916)^[13]
November 24 - John Chadwick, English co-decipherer of Linear B (b. 1920)^[14]

References[]

^ Mearns, David L.; Parham, David; Frohlich, Bruno (2016-03-14). "A Portuguese East Indiaman from the 1502–1503 Fleet of Vasco da Gama off Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman: an interim report" (PDF). International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 46 (2): 331–350. doi:10.1111/1095-9270.12175.
^ "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.
^ Taylor, John A. (2016). Deborah and the War of the Tanks 1917. Barnsley: Pend & Sword. ISBN 9781473848344.
^ "Gold coin hoard unveiled". BBC News. UK. 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.
^ Hillson, Simon; Waldron, Tony; Owen-Smith, Brian; Martin, Louise (February 2006). "Benjamin Franklin, William Hewson and the Craven Street bones". Archaeology International. 2: 14–16. 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. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
^ "Obituary: Vronwy Hankey". The Independent. 1998-06-22. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
^ "Obituary: John Chadwick". The Independent. 1998-12-04. Retrieved 2017-05-30.

[1] Mearns, David L.; Parham, David; Frohlich, Bruno (2016-03-14). "A Portuguese East Indiaman from the 1502–1503 Fleet of Vasco da Gama off Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman: an interim report" (PDF). International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 46 (2): 331–350. doi:10.1111/1095-9270.12175.

[2] "Belitung Wreck Details & Photos". Marine Exploration. Archived from the original on 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2011-02-15.

[3] "Discovery". The Tank of Flesquières. Association du tank de Flesquières. Retrieved 2019-01-17.

[4] Taylor, John A. (2016). Deborah and the War of the Tanks 1917. Barnsley: Pend & Sword. ISBN 9781473848344.

[5] "Gold coin hoard unveiled". BBC News. UK. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2019-05-28.

[6] "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.

[7] Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Maritime Underwater Surveys, Inc., 403 Mass. 501 (Mass. Supreme Court 1988).

[8] "Clue to King Arthur discovered". BBC News. UK. Retrieved 2017-04-17.

[9] Hillson, Simon; Waldron, Tony; Owen-Smith, Brian; Martin, Louise (February 2006). "Benjamin Franklin, William Hewson and the Craven Street bones". Archaeology International. 2: 14–16. doi:10.5334/ai.0206.

[10] "Prusias ad Hypium (Konuralp or Üskübü) Turkey". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Retrieved 2020-11-10.

[11] "Tarih Turizmi – Konuralp'ın Mihenk Taşlatından ... Prusias Antik Kentinin Dokusu" (in Turkish). Konuralp. Retrieved 2020-11-07.

[12] "Obituary: Linda Schele". The Independent. London. 1998-05-22. Retrieved 2017-03-21.

[13] "Obituary: Vronwy Hankey". The Independent. 1998-06-22. Retrieved 2017-05-30.

[14] "Obituary: John Chadwick". The Independent. 1998-12-04. Retrieved 2017-05-30.

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