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The year 1998 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
Excavations
- Igeum-dong, a settlement-burial-ceremonial site of the Mumun Pottery Period in Sacheon, Korea (excavations finish in 1999).
Finds
- Whydah Gally pirate shipwreck.
- Arthur stone at Tintagel Castle.
- World's oldest wet-rice (rice paddy) agricultural feature, c. 800 BC, at Okhyeon site, Ulsan, Korea.
Publications
- Exhibition is held at the Harvard University Semitic Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts: "The Sphinx and the Pyramids: One Hundred Years of American Archaeology at Giza". Model of the Giza plateau is prepared for it.
Births
Deaths
- April 18: Linda Schele, Mayanist
- November 24: John Chadwick, co-decypherer of Linear B
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