1988 in archaeology

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The year 1988 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Excavations at Troy begin by team from the University of Tübingen and the University of Cincinnati under the direction of Professor Manfred Korfmann.
• The Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit at Crofton Roman Villa.
• Excavation of Ancient Greek shipwreck at Ma'agan Michael.

Publications

• Peter Harbison - Pre-Christian Ireland: from the first settlers to the early Celts.

Finds

• Earrings, crown and rosettes, from the tomb of Queen Yabay in Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq) are discovered. They were made in the late 8th century BC. They are now at Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
• Discovery of the Palatine wall in Rome.
• Discovery of the Roman amphitheatre at Guildhall in the City of London.
• Uncovering of a Christian basilica of c. 300 CE at Aqaba in Jordan.

Deaths

• Einar Gjerstad, Swedish archaeologist of the Mediterranean (b. 1897).
• December 25 - W. F. Grimes, Welsh archaeologist (b. 1905).