2014 in archaeology

none 2014 archaeology science The year 2014 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations January 7 - A report in the journal Nature announces that some Tsinghua Bamboo Slips represent "the world's oldest example of a multiplication table in base 10".https://www.nature.com/news/ancient-times-table-hidden-in-chinese-bamboo-strips-1.14482 Ancient times table hidden in Chinese bamboo strips Nature Jane Qiu Jane Qiu 7 January 2014 10.1038/nature.2014.14482 130132289 22 January 2014 free subscription Excavations Summer - First excavations at the Roman Zerzevan Castle in Turkey. November 6 - The recovery of the bell of the Franklin expedition's HMS Erebus is announced.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hms-erebus-ship-s-bell-recovered-from-franklin-expedition-1.2826455 HMS Erebus ship's bell recovered from Franklin expedition CBC News 2014-11-06 Portions of Timișoara Fortress in Romania. Re-excavation of St Piran's Oratory, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, begins.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-26449935 St Piran's Oratory excavation begins in Cornwall BBC News 5 March 2014 16 May 2017 Re-excavation of the Kirkhaugh cairns. Excavation of the Australian Aboriginal sacred site of Juukan Gorge reveals it to be more than twice as old as previously thought. Excavations reveal the private dock built in 1802–04 for the yacht Peggy of Castletown, Isle of Man. Finds January 6 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim announces the positive identification of the tomb of Sobekhotep I.King Sobekhotep I's Tomb Identified In Egypt http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/08/king-sobekhotep-i-identified-tomb-egpyt_n_4557150.html huffingtonpost.com 8 January 2014 16 May 2017 March 7 - The discovery of an alabaster statue of Princess Iset, dating from c. 1350 BC, is announced in Egypt.http://durangoherald.com/article/20140307/NEWS03/140309630/-1/s World Briefs The Durango Herald March 7, 2014 March 9, 2014 April–May - The earliest known mariner's astrolabe is recovered by David Mearns from ongoing excavation of what is believed to be the Portuguese carrack Esmeralda, wrecked in 1503 off the coast of Oman.Rebecca Morelle Rebecca Morelle Astrolabe: Shipwreck find 'earliest navigation tool' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41724022 BBC News 2017-10-24 2017-10-24 April 9 - The Israel Antiquities Authority announces the discovery of a 3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian coffin in the Jezreel Valley during a natural gas pipeline excavation. The coffin is thought to have belonged to a wealthy Canaanite.https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/179440#.U0Ua3qLRUdw Ancient Egytian Coffin Unearthed in Jezreel Valley Israel National News Ari Yashar 9 April 2014 9 April 2014 April 19 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities announces the discovery of two Twenty-sixth Dynasty tombs in Oxyrhynchus, one of which belonged to a scribe and the other one to a major clerical family.https://www.egyptindependent.com//news/pharaonic-tombs-discovered-minya Pharaonic tombs discovered in Minya Egypt Independent 19 April 2014 20 April 2014 April 28 - Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities announces the discovery of at least 50 mummies in the tomb KV40.http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticleNews.aspx?ArtID=77454#.U2IhAaJjbAg 50 mummies discovered in Kings Valley Egyptian State Information Service 29 April 2014 1 May 2014 May 7 - The discovery of a 5,600-year-old preserved tomb and mummy predating the First Dynasty of Egypt, at Nekhen, is announced by the Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities.http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=65812 Archaeologists discover 5,600-year-old preserved tomb in Egypt Middle East Online 10 May 2014 June 3 - The discovery of a 5,000-year-old pair of woollen riding trousers in China is announced.These Are the World's Oldest Pants Kyle Chayka 2014-06-03 2014-06-06 https://time.com/2817887/these-are-the-worlds-oldest-pants/ Time July 4 - The discovery of more than 150 burials in the Atacama Desert belonging to a previously unknown culture is announced. The findings are dated to between the 4th-7th century AD and indicate that the area was inhabited before the expansion of the Tiwanaku culture.">http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/unknown-culture-discovered-in-peru Unknown culture discovered in Peru Past Horizons 6 June 2014 July 7 - The discovery of 26 Roman/late Iron Age coins probably of the Corieltauvi in a Dovedale cave in the Peak District of England is announced.Kate Ferguson Iron Age treasure discovered in Peak District cave i London 2014-07-07 21 September 9 - A ship of Franklin's lost expedition is located, later announced as the flagship, HMS Erebus.https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/09/09/ship_from_lost_franklin_expedition_found.html Toronto Star Ship from lost Franklin expedition found thestar.com 2014-09-09 2014-09-09https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lost-franklin-expedition-ship-found-in-the-arctic-1.2760311 Lost Franklin expedition ship found in the Arctic CBC 2014-09-09 2014-09-09 September 21 - The Wold Newton Hoard, containing 1,857 Roman coins, is found by metal detectorist David Blakely in a field near Wold Newton in the East Riding of Yorkshire.http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art565128 Moss, R. Wold Newton hoard of Roman coins secured by Yorkshire Museum Culture24 9 September 2016 24 May 2017https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/637965 Coin Hoard, ID:DUR-16C89F Portable Antiquities Scheme 2016 24 May 2017 24 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170524184230/https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/637965 dead September - Galloway Hoard found by Derek McLennan, a metal detectorist. The hoard was buried in the early 10th century and includes more than 100 items of gold and silver.Rinaldi Giancarlo Galloway Viking hoard goes on public display in Edinburgh https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-40274540 BBC News 15 June 2017 15 June 2017 October - Cave paintings in Pettakere Cave at Maros on Sulawesi are dated as being approximately 40,000 years old, it is announced; one of a hand is 39,900 years old, making it "the oldest hand stencil in the world". Dr. Maxime Aubert, of Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, adds: "Next to it is a pig that has a minimum age of 35,400 years old, and this is one of the oldest figurative depictions in the world, if not the oldest one."https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29415716 Painted caves challenge art origins BBC News 2014-10-08 Ghosh Pallab November 24 - Discovery of Ventnor, sunk off New Zealand in 1902, is reported.Amy Taylor 112 year old shipwreck of SS Ventnor Finally Found https://www.handsonhistory.co.nz/latest-news-blog/archive/2014-11/112-year-old-shipwreck-of-ss-ventnor-finally-found.302/ Hands On History 2014-11-24 2019-07-02 December - The Winfarthing pendant, a gold and garnet 7th century disc brooch, is found by landscape archaeology student, Tom Lucking, near Diss, Norfolk.Anglo-Saxon gold pendant found in Norfolk declared treasure BBC News 17 March 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-47435954 19 May 2021 December 18 - The discovery of a large British Iron Age and Anglian square barrow cemetery at Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in a rescue archaeology excavation is announced.Iron Age skeletons at house building site http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/local/iron-age-skeletons-at-house-building-site-1-7007673 Pocklington Post 2014-12-18 2016-03-17 December 21 - The Lenborough Hoard, a lead container of 5,251 mint-condition silver coins from the reigns of Æthelred the Unready and Cnut the Great is found in Buckinghamshire, England, by a metal detectorist.Thousands of ancient coins discovered in Buckinghamshire field https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-30654568 BBC News 2015-01-02 2015-01-02 December 28 - An underground city estimated to be around 5,000 years old is discovered in Turkey.https://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-mysterious-underground-city-5000-years/story?id=27963927 Inside the Mysterious Underground City That's 5,000 Years Old abcnews.go.com 2015-01-02 2015-01-03 Keneally, Meghan dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150103164739/https://abcnews.go.com/International/inside-mysterious-underground-city-5000-years/story?id=27963927 2015-01-03 Undated - An 8th century ski is found on Digervarden in Norway.The Best-Preserved Pair of Skis from Prehistory Lars Pilø 2021-10-05 https://secretsoftheice.com/news/2021/10/05/the-best-preserved-pair-of-skis-from-prehistory/ Secrets of the Ice 2021-12-21 Publications Paul Bahn (ed.) - The History of Archaeology: an introduction. Beth Laura O'Leary and P. J. Capelotti (ed.) - Archaeology and Heritage of the Human Movement into Space. Events Military destruction of Tell Qarqur in Syria begins. Osteological analysis of the skeleton of the Birka female Viking warrior excavated on the Swedish island of Björkö in 1878 suggests it may not be male.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312474924 People in transition: Life in the Mälaren Valley from an osteological perspective Kjellström Anna 2016-11-08 ResearchGate https://web.archive.org/web/20170917211440/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312474924_People_in_Transition_Life_in_the_Malaren_Valley_from_an_Osteological_Perspective 2017-09-17 live 2017-09-17 Deaths January 12 - Halet Çambel, Turkish archaeologist (b. 1916)Halet Çambel - obituary https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10592737/Halet-ambel-obituary.html The Telegraph 21 November 2017 2014 February 22 - Richard Daugherty, American archaeologist (b. 1922)Richard Daugherty dies at 91; archaeologist studied Makah tribe site https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-richard-daugherty-20140303-1-story.html Los Angeles Times 21 November 2017 2 March 2014 February 28 - Jerzy Kolendo, Polish archaeologist (b. 1933)Im memoriam – Jerzy Kolendo (9 czerwca 1933 - 28 lutego 2014) https://histmag.org/Im-memoriam-Jerzy-Kolendo-9-czerwca-1933-28-lutego-2014-9149 Histmag.org 21 November 2017 See also List of years in archaeology References 2 Category:Archaeology by year Archaeology Category:2010s in archaeology