1989 in archaeology

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The year 1989 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Excavations are made at the Temple of Poseidon (near Corinth, also known as the Temple of Isthmia) by University of Chicago.
• Vimala Begley commences excavations at Arikamedu in Puducherry.

Finds

• May - Wreck of PS Lady Elgin discovered off Highwood, Illinois, by Harry Zych.
• June 8 - Wreck of German battleship Bismarck discovered in North Atlantic by Robert Ballard.
• Yoshinogari Ruins discovered at Kanzaki, Kyūshū, Japan, mainly goods and built are Yayoi period.
• Remains of The Rose and Globe Theatres discovered in London.
• Luxor statue cache in courtyard of Amenhotep III's colonnade of the Temple of Luxor, including a 6 ft (1.8 m) pink quartzite statue of the king on a sled wearing the Double Crown.
• Oldest known wing bone of the great auk found at Boxgrove Quarry.

Publications

• Richard Hodges - The Anglo-Saxon Achievement: Archaeology & the Beginnings of English Society. Duckworth. ISBN 0-7156-2130-0
• Stuart Piggott - Ancient Britons and the Antiquarian Imagination: Ideas from the Renaissance to the Regency. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-01470-1.