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The year 1994 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Excavations
- National Institute of Anthropology and History excavations at Maya site of Chacchoben begin
Finds
- Kafkania pebble.
- Gold coins and jewellry discovered at Salcombe Cannon Wrecksite..
- Diver Colin Martin discovers the wreck of the Hanover.
- December - Spotted Horses and human hands, Pech Merle cave, Dordogne, France. Painted c. 16000 BC.
- December - Wall painting with horses, rhinoceroses and aurochs, Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardéche gorge, France. It is made c. 25,000 BC-17,000 BC.
- Sannai-Maruyama Ruins discovered at Aomori, northern Honshu, Japan, mainly goods and built are Jōmon period.
Miscellaneous
- The British Library acquires the Kharosti scrolls, the oldest collection of Buddhist manuscripts in the world.
Deaths
- Richard Atkinson, British archaeologist & prehistorian
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