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- Explorations
- Excavations
- Finds
- Publications
- Events
- Births
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Year nav topic4|1990|archaeology|science}}1980s . 1990s in archaeology . 2000 | Other events: 1990s . Archaeology timeline |
Explorations{{Empty section|date=July 2010}} Excavations- Start of 5-year project of large excavations at Birka (Sweden).
- Start of long-term project of large excavations at Sagalassos (Turkey) by Marc Waelkens.
- Work begins at Leptiminus (Tunisia) by David Mattingly.
- Vijayanagara research project begins in India.
Finds- March – Swash Channel Wreck, a continental European armed merchantman of the early 17th century, is found off the south coast of England.
- December 13 – West Runton Mammoth partially uncovered in England.
- Vũng Tàu shipwreck, a lorcha (boat) of about 1690 carrying a cargo of porcelain, is identified in the South China Sea (in the Côn Đảo archipelago).
- "Ossuary of Caiaphas" in Jerusalem.
- A road-building crew in Central China accidentally uncovers a Han Dynasty vault, containing perhaps tens of thousands of terra-cotta figures.
Publications- Sylvia P. Beamon and Susan Roaf – The Ice-houses of Britain.[1]
Events- November – British Government produces Planning Policy Guidance 16: Archaeology and Planning to advise local authorities on the treatment of archaeology within the planning process. Site developers are required to contract with archaeological teams to have sites investigated in advance of development.
Births{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}Deaths- January 29 – Leslie Peter Wenham, English Roman archaeologist (born 1911)
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite web|last1=Beamon|first1=Sylvia P|last2=Roaf|first2=Susan|title=The ice-houses of Britain|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6416073?q&versionId=7401215|website=National Library of Australia|publisher=London ; New York : Routledge|accessdate=21 December 2017|language=English|date=1990}}
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