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The year 1983 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

• Hengistbury Head, by Barry Cunliffe, is continued (begun in 1979).

Publications

Finds

• Lindow man
• Kitora Tomb discovered at Asuka, central Nara, Japan.

Awards

Miscellaneous

• British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles is formed.

Births

Deaths

• Joan Du Plat Taylor, maritime archaeologist