1984 in archaeology

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.
• July - Uluburun shipwreck, by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology under George Bass, begun (continues until 1994).

Publications

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.
• 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.
• Turkana Boy is found in Kenya by team led by Richard Leakey.

Events

• April - Jorvik Viking Centre opens in York, England.

Deaths

• February 28: Taha Baqir, Iraqi archaeologist (born 1912)
• April 5: Giuseppe Tucci, Italian Orientalist (born 1894)

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