1987 in archaeology

none 1987 archaeology science The year 1987 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Excavations Amnya complex (from 6100 BCE) found and first excavated in Siberia. Wreck of Elbe 1881 (sank 1895) located and excavated off the coast of the Netherlands. Gaziantep Museum excavations at Zeugma. Excavation at Taur Ikhbeineh, an Early Bronze Age settlement in the Gaza Strip, led by Eliezer Oren and Yekutieli Yuval of Ben Gurion UniversityOren Eliezer D. Yekutieli Yuval Taur Ikhbeineh: Earliest Evidence for Egyptian Interconnections The Nile Delta in Transition: 4th–3rd Millennium B.C. 1992 Edwin C. M. van den Brink Tel Aviv Israel Exploration Society 361 https://www.academia.edu/43433973 Finds June 20 - Arkaim in Southern Ural.Shnirelman Victor A. Victor Schnirelmann 1998 Archaeology and ethnic politics: the discovery of Arkaim Museum International 50 2 33–39 UNESCO; Blackwell Publishers 10.1111/1468-0033.00146 1350-0775 Hoards from Milton Keynes and surrounding area of Buckinghamshire, England: coins from Little Brickhill and Walton. Skeleton of a woman dating from over 4,250 years ago found in Achavanich, a megalithic structure in Caithness, Scotland.McKenzie Steven Giving life to 4,000-year-old Ava https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-46289045 BBC News 3 December 2018 3 December 2018 Dufuna canoe, the oldest known boat outside Europe, found in Nigeria. The Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the earliest known calendar-dated document (900) in the Philippines, is found.Chua Xiao May 28, 2013 KAHALAGAHAN NG LAGUNA COPPERPLATE AT IKA-400 TAON NG VOCABULARIO NI SAN BUENAVENTURA https://xiaochua.net/2013/05/28/xiao-time-27-may-2013-kahalagahan-ng-laguna-copperplate-at-ika-400-taon-ng-vocabulario-ni-san-buenaventura/ April 21, 2025 It's Xiaotime! Publications A. F Harding Henge Monuments and Related Sites of Great Britain: air photographic evidence and catalogue Oxford BAR 0-86054-470-2 BAR British series 1987 Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn Renfrew Colin Archaeology and Language: the puzzle of Indo-European origins 1988 London Cape 0-224-02495-7 Ralph Merrifield Merrifield Ralph The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic 1987 London Guild Publishing 0-7134-4870-9 Events December 8 - Chaco Culture National Historical Park is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Patin Thomas Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks 2012 U of Minnesota Press 9780816651450 288 https://books.google.com/books?id=0FuQfFq_WygC&pg=PA288 en Births Deaths August 12 - Crystal Bennett, British archaeologist of Jordan (b. 1918)Women in Old World Archaeology https://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/results.php?d=1&first=Crystal-M&last=Bennett www.brown.edu 30 May 2017 References Archaeology Category:Archaeology by year Category:1980s in archaeology