Excavations

• Hengistbury Head
  Hengistbury Head
  Hengistbury Head is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Milford on Sea in the English county of Dorset.At the end is a spit which creates the narrow entrance to Christchurch Harbour.-Location:...
  
  , by Barry Cunliffe
  Barry Cunliffe
  Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, CBE, known professionally as Barry Cunliffe is a former Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford, a position held from 1972 to 2007...
  
  , is continued (begun in 1979
  1979 in archaeology
  The year 1979 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Tillya Tepe surveyed by a Soviet-Afghan mission of archaeologists led by Victor Sarianidi.-Excavations:* Hengistbury Head by Barry Cunliffe .-Finds:...
  
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• Boxgrove Quarry
  Boxgrove Quarry
  Boxgrove Quarry is a gravel quarry and Lower Palaeolithic archaeological site at Boxgrove in the British-English county of West Sussex. It has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest...
  
  , by Mark Roberts of University College London
  University College London
  University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
  
  , is begun (continues to 1996).

Publications

• Christopher Chippindale
  Christopher Chippindale
  Christopher Chippindale is a British archaeologist. He works at the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. He is the author of the book Stonehenge Complete, published in 2004.-References:...
  
   - Stonehenge Complete.
• R. C. Gaur - Excavations at Atranjikhera: early civilization of the Upper Ganga Basin.

Finds

• Lindow man
  Lindow man
  Lindow Man, also known as Lindow II and as Pete Marsh, is the preserved bog body of a man discovered in a peat bog at Lindow Moss near Wilmslow in Cheshire, North West England. The body was found on 1 August 1984 by commercial peat-cutters...
  
  
• Kitora Tomb
  Kitora Tomb
  The is an ancient tumulus located in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The tomb is believed to have been constructed some time between the 7th and early 8th centuries, but was only discovered in 1983....
  
   discovered at Asuka
  Asuka, Nara
  is a village located in Takaichi District, Nara, Japan.As of September 1, 2007, the village has an estimated population of 6,146 and a density of 255.23 persons per km². The total area is 24.08 km².Asuka is the land where ancient palaces were located...
  
  , central Nara
  Nara Prefecture
  is a prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara.-History:The present-day Nara Prefecture was created in 1887, making it independent of Osaka Prefecture....
  
  , Japan
  Japan
  Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
  
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Deaths

• Joan Du Plat Taylor, maritime archaeologist
  Maritime archaeology
  Maritime archaeology is a discipline within archaeology as a whole that specifically studies human interaction with the sea, lakes and rivers through the study of associated physical remains, be they vessels, shore side facilities, port-related structures, cargoes, human remains and submerged...