1982 In Archaeology
The year 1982 in archaeology involved some significant events. Events *Archaeological Museum of Olympia opens in Greece. *Eindhoven Museum founded as an archaeological open-air museum in the Netherlands. Excavations * October 11 - Hull of Tudor navy ship ''Mary Rose'' raised from the Solent. * The Chaco Project ends at Chaco Canyon (begun 1971 in archaeology, 1971). Finds *March - Wreck of located in Puerto Deseado on the Atlantic coast of Patagonia. *May 12 - Coppergate Helmet found in York, England. *NASA's Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner (TIMS) detects over 200 miles of a precolumbian (900 Common Era, CE or 1000 CE) road system in Chaco Canyon, as well as walls, buildings and agricultural fields. *Uluburun shipwreck discovered. Publications * A. F. Harding (ed.) - ''Climatic Change in Later Prehistory'' * Richard Hodges (archaeologist), Richard Hodges - ''Dark Age Economics: the Origins of Towns and Trade, A.D. 600-1000'' * Roger Moorey - ''A Century of Biblical ...
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