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The year 1994 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Excavations 2 Finds 3 Miscellaneous 4 Deaths

[edit] Excavations

• National Institute of Anthropology and History excavations at Maya site of Chacchoben begin

[edit] 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.

[edit] Miscellaneous

• The British Library acquires the Kharosti scrolls, the oldest collection of Buddhist manuscripts in the world.

[edit] Deaths

• Richard Atkinson, British archaeologist & prehistorian