1983 in archaeology

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The year 1983 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Laconia Survey begins (joint British–Dutch project); continues to 1989.

Excavations

Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Zhao Mo, Emperor Wen of Nanyue (d. 122 BCE), discovered under Elephant Hill in Guangzhou, China, and excavation by Mai Yinghao and Huang Zhanyue begins.
Tell Qarqur in Syria, by an American team, is begun.
Hengistbury Head, by Barry Cunliffe, is continued (begun in 1979).
Boxgrove Quarry, by Mark Roberts of University College London, is begun (continues to 1996).
Excavation of the Sima de los Huesos (Pit of Bones) at the archaeological site of Atapuerca in northern Spain begins.
Abric Romani cave near Capellades in Catalonia is begun.

Publications

Christopher Chippindale - Stonehenge Complete.
R. C. Gaur - Excavations at Atranjikhera: early civilization of the Upper Ganga Basin.

Finds

May 13 - Lindow Woman discovered at Lindow Moss in north west England by peat cutters.^[1]
First Ayn Ghazal statues found in Jordan.
Zhangjiashan Han bamboo texts, including the Book on Numbers and Computation , from tomb M247 at Mount Zhangjia in central China.
Kitora Tomb discovered at Asuka, Nara, Japan.
16th century turkey bones in Exeter, England, subsequently identified as from one of the earliest of the birds in Britain.^[2]
Gloucester tabula set in England.
A multi-tablet collection of literature in the Hurrian language with a Hittite translation is discovered at Hattusa in Turkey.

Events

British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles is formed.

Births

Deaths

Joan du Plat Taylor, British pioneer of maritime archaeology (b. 1906)

Related Research Articles

Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and as Pete Marsh, is the preserved bog body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England. The remains were found on 1 August 1984 by commercial peat cutters. Lindow Man is not the only bog body to have been found in the moss; Lindow Woman was discovered the year before, and other body parts have also been recovered. The find was described as "one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the 1980s" and caused a media sensation. It helped invigorate study of British bog bodies, which had previously been neglected.

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References

↑ "Unearthing the living dead". The M&G Online. 9 April 1998. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
↑ "Exeter bones could be from first turkey dinners". BBC News . 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

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[1] "Unearthing the living dead". The M&G Online. 9 April 1998. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

[2] "Exeter bones could be from first turkey dinners". BBC News . 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2017-12-21.

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