2001 in archaeology

none This page lists major events of 2001 in archaeology. 2001 archaeology science Excavations March 8–May 28: Recovery of the major portions of the 1967 wreck of hydroplane Bluebird K7 and of the body of its driver Donald Campbell from Coniston Water in the Lake District of England. Grinnell College project at Mayapan. Excavations at Cival directed by Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli. French archaeologists begin excavating Ulug Depe, an ancient bronze-age agricultural town in Turkmenistan. Israeli archaeologists and anthropologists begin excavating Misliya Cave. Re-excavation of tomb KV32 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings concludes; it is identified as belonging to queen Tiaa. Excavation at Wezmeh Cave in Iran under the leadership of Dr. Kamyar Abdi.Early Neolithic genomes from the eastern Fertile Crescent Science 353 6298 499–503 Farnaz Broushaki 2016Sci...353..499B 2016 10.1126/science.aaf7943 27417496 5113750 First archaeological investigation of the wreck of the Danish warship later identified as Gribshunden (sank 1495) in the Baltic Sea.http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?description=gripshunden&tab=3&page=1&objektid=18000000067992&extent=508170.83700037334,6219943.399851939,517695.8318568761,6224487.616148062&layers=Sverige;Fornl%C3%A4mningar%20geometrier;Fornl%C3%A4mningar%20symboler;Polygonlager%20f%C3%B6r%20utritning;Fornl%C3%A4mningar%20markering;&overview=0 RAÄ-nummer Ronneby 728 Swedish Riksantikvarieämbetet 2023-02-11 Explorations Innes McCartney begins a survey of German U-boats scuttled off the island of Ireland in the British Operation Deadlight following World War II. Publications Victor Buchli and Gavin Lucas (ed.), Archaeologies of the Contemporary Past. Routledge, 194 pages, 0-415-23278-3 Barry Cunliffe, Facing the Ocean: the Atlantic and its Peoples, 8000 BC to AD 1500. Oxford University Press, hardcover, 600 pages, 0-19-924019-1 Y. Haile-Selassie Yohannes Haile-Selassie 2001 Late Miocene hominids from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia Nature 42 6843 179–181 10.1038/35084063 11449272 4432082 (first publication of Ardipithecus kadabba) Thomas W. Neumann and Robert M. Sanford, Practicing Archaeology: a Training Manual for Cultural Resources Archaeology. Rowman and Littlefield Pub Inc, August, 2001, hardcover, 450 pages, 0-7591-0094-2 Thomas W. Neumann and Robert M. Sanford, Cultural Resources Archaeology: an Introduction. Rowman and Littlefield Pub Inc, December, 2001, trade paperback, 256 pages, 0-7591-0095-0 Mike Pearson and Michael Shanks, Theatre/Archaeology|Theatre/Archaeology: Disciplinary Dialogues. Routledge, 240 pages, 0-415-19458-X Donald B. Redford (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press, hardcover, 3 vols, 0-19-510234-7 Finds July 7: Pottery fragments from 12,000 years BP at Zengpiyan cave site in China. July 20: Wreck of Hood 51 6 (sunk 1941) found by David Mearns in the Denmark Strait. November: Ringlemere Cup (Bronze Age) found by metal-detectorist Cliff Bradshaw near Dover, England. First fossil fragments of the hominid 'Toumaï' (Sahelanthropus tchadensis; 7 million years BP) found by a team led by Michel Brunet in Chad.TchadActuel http://www.tchadactuel.com/n6.php?2006/10/05/23-toumai-histoire-des-sciences-et-histoire-dhommes-alain-beauvilain Toumaï: Histoire des Sciences et Histoire d'Hommes Alain Beauvilain 2006-10-05 2012-03-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120308103755/http://www.tchadactuel.com/n6.php?2006%2F10%2F05%2F23-toumai-histoire-des-sciences-et-histoire-dhommes-alain-beauvilain 2012-03-08 The Fiskerton log boat found on the banks of the River Witham near Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England. Coin of the short-lived Roman usurper Laelianus in Greenwich Park, England. Events March: Buddhas of Bamyan dynamited by Taliban.Qarizadah Daud Behzad Nasir The man who helped blow up the Bamiyan Buddhas https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31813681 https://web.archive.org/web/20150312072945/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31813681 dead March 12, 2015 BBC News 24 May 2017 12 March 2015 Deaths January 3: K. C. Chang, Taiwanese archaeologist; Yale and Harvard professor, author The Archaeology of Ancient China (b. 1931) January: Philip A. Barker, British archaeologist and castellologist (b. 1920)Higham Bob 2001 In Memoriam: Philip Arthur Barker https://castlestudiesgroup.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GSGJ15.pdf Castle Studies Group Newsletter 15 108 February 6: Geoffrey Bibby, British archaeologist who discovered Dilmun. (b. 1917)Term details http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=185177 British Museum 30 May 2017 March 29: Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer; co-discoverer of Viking artifacts at L'Anse aux Meadows (b. 1899) July 8: Jia Lanpo, Chinese prehistorian, buried at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China (b. 1908) September 26: Peter J. Reynolds, British experimental archaeologist (b. 1939)Aston Mick Peter Reynolds https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/oct/05/guardianobituaries.humanities The Guardian 24 May 2017 5 October 2001 References Category:Archaeology by year Archaeology Category:2000s in archaeology