1981 in archaeology
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The year 1981 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- June: Owen Beattie of the University of Alberta begins the 1845–48 Franklin Expedition Forensic Anthropology Project (FEFAP) on King William Island to trace Franklin's lost expedition.
- Full photographic survey of the wreck of the Breadalbane in the Northwest Passage.
Excavations
- Ain Ghazal is discovered during road construction outside Amman, Jordan.
Publications
- David Burgess-Wise - Automobile Archaeology (Cambridge, England: Patrick Stephens Ltd).
- Derek Roe - The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Periods in Britain (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul).
Finds
- Ceremonial decorated bronze Celtic Agris Helmet found in a cave near Agris in southwestern France.
- Wreck of RMS Republic (1903) located off Nantucket by Captain Martin Bayerle.[1][2]
Awards
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Miscellaneous
- Colin Renfrew is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.
- June 12 - Film Raiders of the Lost Ark, featuring fictional 1930s archaeologist Indiana Jones, is released.
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ Pickford, Nigel (1999). Lost Treasure Ships of the Twentieth Century. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. ISBN 0-7922-7472-5.
- ^ "Treasure of the RMS Republic". New York: MVSHQ, Inc. 2009. Retrieved 2012-03-22.