1998 in archaeology

none 1998 archaeology science 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.David Mearns Mearns David L. David Parham Bruno Frohlich A Portuguese East Indiaman from the 1502–1503 Fleet of Vasco da Gama off Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman: an interim report International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 2016-03-14 46 2 331–350 10.1111/1095-9270.12175 http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/23370/13/Mearns_et_al-2016-International_Journal_of_Nautical_Archaeology-1.pdf free 2016IJNAr..45..331M Tell Ali Muntar, a Bronze Age settlement in Palestine, is surveyed by the Gaza Research ProjectClarke Joanna Sadeq Moain Gaza Research Project: 1998 Survey of the Old City of Gaza 2004 Levant 36 31-36 10.1179/lev.2004.36.1.31 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.Belitung Wreck Details & Photos http://www.maritime-explorations.com/belitung%20artefacts.htm Marine Exploration 2011-02-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20081001090716/http://maritime-explorations.com/belitung%20artefacts.htm 2008-10-01 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.http://www.tank-cambrai.com/english/tank/discovery.php Discovery The Tank of Flesquières Association du tank de Flesquières 2019-01-17Deborah and the War of the Tanks 1917 John A. Taylor Barnsley Pend & Sword 2016 9781473848344 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 Pichvnari in Georgia by an Anglo-Georgian joint team.Vickers Michael Welcome to the Pichvnari website 2009 http://users.ox.ac.uk/~pichvnar/Home%20page.htm 2022-11-20 Excavations begin at Taposiris Magna in Egypt. Finds Bronze Age Tell es-Sakan in the State of Palestine was discovered during construction of a residential building complex.Miroschedji Pierre de Sadek Moain 2000 Tell es-Sakan, un site du Bronze ancien découvert dans la région de Gaza (information) https://www.persee.fr/doc/crai_0065-0536_2000_num_144_1_16103 Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres fr 144 1 126 10.3406/crai.2000.16103 0065-0536 free September - The largest Shapwick Hoard of Roman coins, including the largest number of silver denarii ever found in Britain.Gold coin hoard unveiled http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1109308.stm BBC News 10 January 2001 UK 2019-05-28 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090212225545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1109308.stm 2009-02-12http://www.ncmd.co.uk/docs/treasurereport199899.pdf Treasure Annual Report 1998–1999 Department for Culture, Media and Sport UK 2000 2010-07-12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120301112519/http://www.ncmd.co.uk/docs/treasurereport199899.pdf 2012-03-01 Whydah Gally, wrecked off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1717, the first authenticated pirate shipwreck ever discovered.Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Maritime Underwater Surveys, Inc. 403 Mass. 501 Mass. Supreme Court 1988 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2602674804977561500&hl=en 2012-10-15 Artognou stone found at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall.BBC News UK Clue to King Arthur discovered http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/146511.stm 2017-04-17 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.Hillson, Simon Waldron, Tony Owen-Smith, Brian Martin, Louise Benjamin Franklin, William Hewson and the Craven Street bones Archaeology International 2 February 2006 14–16 10.5334/ai.0206 free A floor mosaic depicting Orpheus is found at Prusias ad Hypium in Turkey.https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006:entry=prusias-ad-hypium The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites Prusias ad Hypium (Konuralp or Üskübü) Turkey 2020-11-10http://www.konuralpegel.com/tarih-turizmi Konuralp Tarih Turizmi – Konuralp'ın Mihenk Taşlatından ... Prusias Antik Kentinin Dokusu tr 2020-11-07 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)Obituary: Linda Schele https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-linda-schele-1158003.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-linda-schele-1158003.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent London 2017-03-21 1998-05-22 May 11 - Vronwy Hankey, British Near Eastern archaeologist (b. 1916)https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-vronwy-hankey-1166868.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-vronwy-hankey-1166868.html 2022-05-01 subscription Obituary: Vronwy Hankey The Independent 2017-05-30 1998-06-22 November 24 - John Chadwick, English co-decipherer of Linear B (b. 1920)Obituary: John Chadwick https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-john-chadwick-1189033.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-john-chadwick-1189033.html 2022-05-01 subscription The Independent 2017-05-30 1998-12-04 References Category:Archaeology by year Archaeology Category:1990s in archaeology