1984 in archaeology
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Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic4 The year 1984 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- Ian Graham makes first scientific examination and map of Maya site of Cival.
Excavations
- Hengistbury Head, by Barry Cunliffe, is completed (begun in 1979).
- Khok Phanom Di, by Charles Higham (1984–85).
- May - An M4 Sherman amphibious tank lost off Slapton, England during Exercise Tiger, a rehearsal for the 1944 Invasion of Normandy, is recovered.[1]
- July - Uluburun shipwreck, by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology under George Bass, begun (continues until 1994).[2]
Publications
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Finds
- July - Pirate ship Whydah Gally (wrecked off Cape Cod in 1717) discovery announced.
- August 1 - Lindow Man is found in Lindow Moss in north west England by peat cutters.[3]
- September - 1928 Scania truck (sunk 1936) located in Fryken, Sweden.
- November - Commerce raider CSS Alabama (sunk off Cherbourg peninsula in 1864) is found by the French Navy.[4]
- Turkana Boy is found in Kenya by team led by Richard Leakey.
Awards
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Events
- April - Jorvik Viking Centre opens in York, England.[5]
Births
Deaths
- February 28: Taha Baqir, Iraqi archaeologist (born 1912)
- April 5: Giuseppe Tucci, Italian Orientalist (born 1894)