1998 in archaeology

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The year 1998 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Location of site of Portuguese carrack Esmeralda wrecked off the coast of Oman in 1503.^[1]

August: Excavation begins at the Belitung shipwreck, an Arab dhow wrecked off Belitung island in Indonesia about 830 AD discovered earlier in the year; it will yield the biggest single collection of Tang dynasty treasures found in one location.^[2]
October: Excavation begins at "Seahenge" ('Holme I'), a prehistoric timber circle off Holme-next-the-Sea in England discovered earlier in the year.
Igeum-dong, a settlement-burial-ceremonial site of the Mumun Pottery Period in Sacheon, Korea (excavations finish in 1999).
Excavations at Urkesh by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft.

Whydah Gally, wrecked off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1717, the first authenticated pirate shipwreck ever discovered.^[3]
Arthur stone found at Tintagel Castle.^[4]
World's oldest wet-rice (rice paddy) agricultural feature, c. 800 BC, at Okhyeon site, Ulsan, Korea.
Human remains at 36 Craven Street, London, former home of Benjamin Franklin, probably dissected in the anatomy school run here by his friend, surgeon William Hewson, 1772–74.^[5]

Flemming Kaul - Ships on Bronzes: a study in Bronze Age religion and iconography.
Ian M. Stead - The Salisbury Hoard.
Patricia Wattenmaker - Household and State in Upper Mesopotamia: specialized economy and the social uses of goods in an early complex society.

Exhibition is held at the Harvard University Semitic Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts: "The Sphinx and the Pyramids: One Hundred Years of American Archaeology at Giza". A model of the Giza plateau is prepared for it.

^ Mearns, David L.; Parham, David; Frohlich, Bruno (2016-03-14). "A Portuguese East Indiaman from the 1502–1503 Fleet of Vasco da Gama off Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman: an interim report". International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 46 (2): 1–21. doi:10.1111/1095-9270.12175. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
^ "Belitung Wreck Details & Photos". Marine Exploration. Archived from the original on 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Maritime Underwater Surveys, Inc., 403 Mass. 501 (Mass. Supreme Court 1988).
^ "BBC News - UK - Clue to King Arthur discovered". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
^ Hillson, Simon; Waldron, Tony; Owen-Smith, Brian; Martin, Louise (February 2006). "Benjamin Franklin, William Hewson and the Craven Street bones" (PDF). Archaeology International. London: 14–16. Retrieved 2017-12-24.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Obituary: Linda Schele". The Independent. 22 May 1998. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ "Obituary: Vronwy Hankey". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "Obituary: John Chadwick". The Independent. 4 December 1998. Retrieved 30 May 2017.