1980 in archaeology

none 1980 archaeology science 1780s . 1790s in archaeology . 1800. Archaeology timeline Excavations Aëtos Hill, Menelaion Ridge, Laconia, Greece, takes place under H. W. Catling. San Vincenzo al Volturno by the British School of Archaeology at Rome begin (continue to 1986). Ain Dara temple, Syria; continues until 1985. Excavations begin at Dryslwyn Castle in Wales under the direction of Chris Caple; the dig lasts until 1995 and the results written up in a monograph published by the Society for Medieval Archaeology in 2007Caple Chris Excavations at Dryslwyn Castle 1980-1995 2007 Society for Medieval Archaeology Finds 17 February - Derrynaflan Chalice in the south of Ireland.Derrynaflan Chalice http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/The-Treasury/Gallery-1-Iron-Age-to-12th-Century/Derrynaflan-Chalice-(1) National Museum of Ireland 16 May 2017 28 March - Talpiot Tomb in Jerusalem. August - Wreck of the Breadalbane in the Northwest Passage.Callaghan Carla Wreckage of historic ship The Breadalbane is explored under the Arctic Ocean http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/wreckage-historic-ship-breadalbane-explored-3481905 dailyrecord 16 May 2017 1 May 2014 Wreck of Restoration 1678 on the Goodwin Sands.http://amaxus.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Restoration_Archaeological_Report_final_version%2Bfigs.pdf?1251118143 https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20090511195701mp_/http://amaxus.english%2Dheritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Restoration_Archaeological_Report_final_version%2Bfigs.pdf?1241810672 dead May 11, 2009 Restoration, Goodwin Sands Designated Site Assessment: Arachaeological Report Wessex Archaeology November 2006 English Heritage 2009-08-24 Wreck of the paddle steamer Eric Nordevall in Vättern in Sweden.Sweden's paddle steamer Eric Nordeval http://www.paddlesteamers.org/national/swedens-paddle-steamer-eric-nordeval/ PSPS 16 May 2017 6 May 2015 Wreck of American Great Lakes whaleback barge 115 in Lake Superior.2018 Whaleback 115 https://saveontarioshipwrecks.ca/buoysites/whaleback-115/ 2021-01-25 Save Ontario Shipwrecks Blenheim 2021-01-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20210131025822/https://saveontarioshipwrecks.ca/buoysites/whaleback-115/ dead Frieze at Aphrodisias in Anatolia showing Claudius subjugating Britannia.Roman Britain Timothy W. Potter Catherine Johns University of California Press 1992 40 Publications W. A. McCutcheon - The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. 0-337-08154-9. Events 19 December - Chaco Canyon National Monument is renamed Chaco Culture National Historical Park with 13,000 acres (53 km2) added. The Chaco Culture Archaeological Protection Site program is created to protect Chacoan sites. Deaths January 2 - Rhys Carpenter, American Classical art historian (b. 1889) August 24 - André Parrot, French archaeologist of the Near East (b. 1901)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andre-Parrot Andre Parrot Britannica.com 17 May 2017 September 8 Willard Libby, American physical chemist, key developer of radiocarbon dating (b. 1908) Keith Muckelroy, British maritime archaeologist, in diving accident (b. 1951) November 16 - Don Crabtree, American experimental archaeologist (b. 1912) See also Pompeii References Category:Archaeology by year Archaeology Category:1980s in archaeology