1780s . 1790s in archaeology . 1800 Other events: 1790s . Archaeology timeline
Excavations "Cave of Letters" at Nahal Hever in the Judaean Desert. Fishbourne Roman Palace, West Sussex. Floors excavated at the Una Vida great house, Chaco Canyon. Cape Gelidonya shipwreck excavation, by Peter Throckmorton, George F. Bass and Frédéric Dumas, begins. August: Excavations at Castle Tower, Penmaen, in Wales begin, led by Leslie Alcock of University College Cardiff. Further small-scale work is undertaken at the site the following year and the results published in 1966.
Publications Glyn Daniel - The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of France.
Finds Helge Ingstad and Anne Stine Ingstad find apparent Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. Tomb of Princess Yongtai found in Qianling Mausoleum, China. Azykh Cave is discovered by Mammadali Huseynov in Azerbaijan. Statue of Athena Demegorusa in Nicopolis, western Greece. November 4 - OH 7, first fragments of Homo habilis, discovered by Jonathan Leakey at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
Events Chemical tests indicate that the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, are modern fakes.
Births April 21 - Nicholas Thomas, Australian-born British archaeologist of Oceania May 11 - Pál Sümegi, Hungarian geoarchaeologist September 1 - Eric H. Cline, American Classical archaeologist Timothy Taylor, English archaeologist
Deaths February 20 - Leonard Woolley, English archaeologist (b. 1880) March 11 - Roy Chapman Andrews, American explorer (b. 1884) May 13 - Antonios Keramopoulos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1870) October 6 - Karel Absolon, Czech archaeologist (b. 1877)
See also List of years in archaeology 1959 in archaeology 1961 in archaeology
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