2008 in archaeology

none 2008 archaeology science This page lists major events of 2008 in archaeology. Excavations March - The first excavation inside the sarsen circle since 1964 is started at Stonehenge.Stonehenge - The Healing Stones, Day 1: Ground-breaking stuff https://web.archive.org/web/20080406143311/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/stonehenge/day1.shtml April 6, 2008 , by the BBC. Retrieved 14 February 2009. Start of 2008–09 excavation of 18th century steel works at Trenton, New Jersey.Richard W. Hunter Ian C. Burrow Steel away Belford, Paul etal Footprints of Industry Oxford, England Archaeopress 2010 978-1-4073-0727-5 69–88 Discovery and excavation of the Savaria Mithraeum. Finds March 12–17 - Search for HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran: David Mearns leads a search team which finds the Australian cruiser Sydney D48 6 and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, which both sank following a mutually destructive engagement off Western Australia in 1941.Fogarty Philippa The search for Australia's lost hospital ship https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-29569135 BBC News 27 November 2017 30 December 2014 April 1 - Remains of a Portuguese carrack presumed to be the Bom Jesus (lost 1533) on the coast near Oranjemund in Namibia.http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/media/uploads/dans/TheOranjemundShipwreck.pdf The 16th century Portuguese shipwreck of Oranjemund, Namibia May Victory 1737 in the Western Approaches.Tory Lord defends the treasure hunt for HMS Victory https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11411508/Tory-Lord-defends-the-treasure-hunt-for-HMS-Victory.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150218174102/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11411508/Tory-Lord-defends-the-treasure-hunt-for-HMS-Victory.html dead 18 February 2015 The Telegraph 27 November 2017 Tugboat Robert C. Pringle (1903) in Lake Michigan.2008-05-19 Divers find shipwreck in Lake Michigan off Sheboygan coast https://www.twincities.com/2008/05/19/divers-find-shipwreck-in-lake-michigan-off-sheboygan-coast/ 2021-02-21 St. Paul Pioneer Press Saint Paul, Minnesota September 'Venus of Hohle Fels', the oldest known example of figurative art.German 'Venus' may be oldest yet https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8047319.stm BBC News 27 November 2017 14 May 2009 First of the Salme ships from the Viking Age, containing the remains of seven men, is found in Salme village on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia. Several weapons, everyday items, gaming pieces and animal remains are also found.Salme shipfind. Dornier Do 17 bomber WrkNr 1160 in Goodwin Sands in the Thames Estuary.WWII German bomber to be recovered from Goodwin Sands https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11174324 BBC News 3 September 2010 2011-04-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110408065448/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11174324 8 April 2011 liveNational Heritage Memorial Fund Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012 London The Stationery Office 2012 9780102978193 National Heritage Memorial Fund October 9 - Serbian archaeologists find a copper axe in Prokuplje, Serbia believed to be 500–800 years older than the actual beginning of the Copper Age, suggesting that the human use of metal is older than previously believed.http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/ancient-axe-find-suggests-copper-age-began-earlier-than-believed_100105122.html Ancient axe find suggests Copper Age began earlier than believed Thaindian.com 2009-10-18 2019-02-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20190206175553/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/ancient-axe-find-suggests-copper-age-began-earlier-than-believed_100105122.html deadhttp://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002557.html Stone Pages Archaeo News: Ancient metal workshop found in Serbia Stonepages.com 2009-10-18 November - A Dutch amateur discovers 109 Celtic coins dating to the 1st century near Maastricht. Archaeologists report that the coins were produced by the Eburones. 39 of the coins were gold, marking this the first Celtic gold treasury found in the Netherlands.nl Keltische schat ontdekt met detector, by the Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 9 January 2009. September 2011 London 1660 in the Thames Estuary.The Ship London on her first voiadge https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/1047387/the-ship-london-on-her-first-voiadge www.royalcollection.org.uk 27 November 2017 The 'West Yorkshire Hoard' of Anglo-Saxon gold ornaments is first discovered by a metal detectorist near Leeds in England. First hoard of denarii at Edge Hill, Warwickshire, England, found.The South Warwickshire Roman Hoard https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/south-warwickshire-roman-hoard Our Warwickshire 2019-02-18 Publications Barry Cunliffe - Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 (Yale University Press).Cunliffe Barry W Europe between the oceans: themes and variations, 9000 BC - AD 1000 Yale University Press English 2008 173182722 Laurent Olivier - Le sombre abîme du temps: mémoire et archéologie (Seuil). Andrew Stewart - Classical Greece and the Birth of Western Art (Cambridge University Press).Classical greece and birth western art Classical studies (general) http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/classical-studies/classical-studies-general/classical-greece-and-birth-western-art?format=PB&isbn=9780521618359#zOAblppZP6ZQHwOJ.97 Cambridge University Press Events February 10 - 2008 Namdaemun fire: An arsonist sets fire to the 550-year-old Namdaemun gate in Seoul, South Korea, causing severe damage to the structure. Obelisk of Axum, repatriated to Ethiopia in 2005, is unveiled at Axum.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7597589.stm Ethiopia unveils ancient Obelisk BBC News 4 September 2008 16 May 2017 Awards June - Archaeologist Larry Zimmerman receives the Peter Ucko Memorial Award at the 2008 World Archaeological Congress held in Dublin, Ireland.World Archaeological Congress honors Larry ZimmermanSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes , by Indian Country Today. Retrieved 14 February 2009. Deaths September 20 - Elizabeth Eames, British archaeologist (b. 1918)https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/sep/30/museums Obituary: Elizabeth Eames The Guardian 29 September 2008 4 June 2017 Wilson David M. References 30em Archaeology Category:Archaeology by year Category:2000s in archaeology