1990 In Archaeology
Explorations Excavations * Start of 5-year project of large excavations at Birka (Sweden). * Start of 5-year project of excavation and restoration at the Ruins of Saint Paul's, Macau. * Start of long-term project of large excavations at Sagalassos (Turkey) by Marc Waelkens. * Work begins at Leptiminus (Tunisia) by David Mattingly. * Survey and excavation at Tall el-Hammam. * Vijayanagara research project begins in India. * The first of three World War II German tanks is recovered from the Czarna Nida river in southern Poland. Finds * March – Swash Channel Wreck, a continental European armed merchantman of the early 17th century, is found off the south coast of England. * July - Discovered the rests of a man of the Ortoiroid culture in Vieques island, Puerto Rico, dated back about 2000 b.c. * October – Wonoboyo Hoard of gold and silver artifacts from the 9th century Mataram Kingdom in Central Java. * December 13 – West Runton Mammoth partially uncovered ...
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