2015 in archaeology

none 2015 archaeology science This page lists major archaeological events of 2015. Explorations July–September – Survey and identification of British Royal Navy submarine D5 (sunk 1914 following the Raid on Yarmouth) in the North Sea. University of Bradford 'Europe's Lost Frontiers' project begins mapping the Palaeolithic landscapes of Doggerland beneath the North Sea.https://lostfrontiers.teamapp.com/ Europe's Lost Frontiers University of Bradford 2019-05-20 Excavations April 9–10 – A winter diving expedition on the Franklin expedition ship HMS Erebus, consisting of Parks Canada underwater archaeologists and Royal Canadian Navy divers, commences.Davison Janet http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/franklin-expedition-search-ice-dive-team-ready-to-discover-more-secrets-of-hms-erebus-1.3020860 Franklin Expedition search: Ice dive team ready to discover more secrets of HMS Erebus CBC News 2015-04-06 2015-04-13 May–October – Griffin Warrior Tomb near Pylos. September Start of major excavations at Must Farm Bronze Age settlement in The Fens of eastern England by archaeologists from Cambridge.About - Must Farm http://www.mustfarm.com/bronze-age-settlement/about/ www.mustfarm.com 16 May 2017 Excavation of abandoned Bradford Park Avenue football stadium in England.Archaeological dig starts at old Bradford football stadium https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-34167740 BBC News 2015-09-06 2017-11-28 End – Enigma Shipwrecks Project investigates the Levantine Sea.Dalya Alberge Mediterranean shipwrecks reveal 'birth of globalisation' in trade https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/18/mediterranean-shipwrecks-reveal-birth-of-globalisation-in-trade The Guardian London 2020-04-18 2020-04-21 Excavation of Hill 20, a site in the Battle of Ypres, begins. 2015–2017 – Investigation of the Pictish site of Dunnicaer. Excavations at Craig Rhos-y-felin in the Preseli Hills of south-west Wales end (begun 2011). Finds January 4 – The discovery of the tomb of Khentakawess III in Abusir is announced.http://tribune.com.pk/story/817037/tomb-of-previously-unknown-pharaonic-queen-found-in-egypt/ Tomb of previously unknown pharaonic queen found in Egypt The Express Tribune Karachi 4 January 2015 4 January 20152015-01-05 Unknown queen's tomb found in Egypt en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30674339 2020-06-28 January 27 – Discovery of an extinct Homo bone under Penghu Strait in Taiwan named Penghu 1 is published.Chang Chun-Hsiang Kaifu Yousuke Takai Masanaru Kono Reiko T. Grün Rainer Matsu’ura Shuji Kinsley Les Lin Liang-Kong The first archaic Homo from Taiwan Nature Communications 2015 6 6037 10.1038/ncomms7037 free 25625212 4316746 2015NatCo...6.6037C February 18 – Marine archaeologists and diving club members from the Israel Antiquities Authority announce that about 2,000 gold coins dating back more than 1,000 years have been discovered in Caesarea.2015-02-18 Israeli divers chance upon 'priceless' treasure on seabed en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31517433 2021-05-18 Summer – Ice Age engravings dating from at least 12,000 BCE are found at Les Varines site on Jersey in the Channel Islands (part of the European continental mass when created), the earliest known art in the British Isles.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34679202 Ice Age engravings found at Jersey archaeological site Jonathan Webb BBC News 2015-11-02 2020-08-20 June – Discovery of almost eight million animal mummies next to the sacred temple of Anubis is announced in Egypt, in Saqqara2015-06-24 Mass Grave Of Eight Million Mummified Dogs Unearthed Near Cairo https://egyptianstreets.com/2015/06/24/mass-grave-of-eight-million-mummified-dogs-unearthed-near-cairo/ 2020-06-28 Egyptian Streets en-US July – Discovery of two possible tunnels in Tutankhamun's tomb by Nicholas Reeves.Inspection of King Tut's Tomb Reveals Hints of Hidden Chambers http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150928-king-tut-tomb-door-nefertiti-archaeology-egypt/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150930072918/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150928-king-tut-tomb-door-nefertiti-archaeology-egypt/ dead September 30, 2015 National Geographic News 21 July 2017 28 September 2015 October 7 – Watlington Hoard of Anglo-Saxon silver coins and other items found in Oxfordshire, England, by a metal detectorist.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/dec/10/watlington-hoard-viking-silver-coins-alfred-the-great Watlington hoard of Viking silver casts light on Alfred the Great era Maev Kennedy Maev Kennedy The Guardian London 2015-12-10 2019-12-15 November 27 – Spanish galleon San José located off Cartagena, Colombia, in the Caribbean Sea.http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2012/02/galleon-san-jose-the-holy-grail-of-ship-wrecks/ Galleon San Jose, the 'Holy Grail of Ship Wrecks' Spilman Rick The Old Salt Blog 2012-02-29 2015-12-08 2025-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20250612154553/https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2012/02/galleon-san-jose-the-holy-grail-of-ship-wrecks/ dead December 19 – Discovery of the wreck of a merchant ship in the Indian Ocean, thought to be the West Ridge (lost 1883).https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/03/search-missing-mh370-solves-19th-century-british-shipping-mystery/ Search for missing MH370 solves 19th-century British shipping mystery David Millward The Daily Telegraph London 2018-05-03 2018-05-17 The lower half of one of three known statues of Egyptian pharaoh Sahure is discovered in Elkab.Huyge Dirk King Sahure in Elkab Egyptian Archaeology Egypt Exploration Society 2017 50 0962-2837 41–43 Pylos Combat Agate from Griffin Warrior Tomb excavated, but not published until 2017.Unearthing a masterpiece http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/unearthingamasterpiece.html University of Cincinnati 1 March 2018 9 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171109134614/http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/unearthingamasterpiece.html dead A wood bark shield from 2300 years BP is found at Enderby, Leicestershire, in the east midlands of England.Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists https://ulasnews.com/2019/05/23/unique-iron-age-shield-found-by-leicester-archaeologists/ ULAS News 2019-05-23 2023-01-22 Wreck of British Royal Navy submarine Saracen P247 (sunk 1943) located off Corsica.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hms-saracen-meeting-the-last-survivor-of-a-submarine-found-72-years-after-it-was-scuttled-10350190.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hms-saracen-meeting-the-last-survivor-of-a-submarine-found-72-years-after-it-was-scuttled-10350190.html 2022-05-01 subscription live HMS Saracen: Meeting the last survivor of a submarine found 72 years after it was scuttled The Independent London Gallagher Paul 2015-06-27 2019-02-24 Publications January 28 – Nature reports the dating of a modern human skull from Manot cave is the first evidence in support of the Out of Africa theory and shows modern humans living alongside Neanderthals in the Levant.Hershkovitz Israel Marder Ofer Ayalon Avner Bar-Matthews Miryam Yasur Gal Boaretto Elisabetta Caracuta Valentina Alex Bridget Frumkin Amos Goder-Goldberger Mae Gunz Philipp Holloway Ralph L. Latimer Bruce Lavi Ron Matthews Alan Slon Viviane Mayer Daniella Bar-Yosef Berna Francesco Bar-Oz Guy Yeshurun Reuven May Hila Hans Mark G. Weber Gerhard W. Barzilai Omry Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans Nature 2015 520 7546 10.1038/nature14134 25629628 8 216–9 2015Natur.520..216H 4386123 http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/science-55000-year-old-skull-fossil-manot-cave-israel-02443.html 55,000-Year-Old Skull Fossil Sheds New Light on Human Migration out of Africa Science News 29 January 2015 2 February 2015 Events March 5–8 – The ancient city sites of Nimrud, Hatra and Dur-Sharrukin in Iraq are demolished by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/03/isil-fighters-bulldoze-ancient-assyrian-palace-iraq-150305195222805.html ISIL fighters bulldoze ancient Assyrian palace in Iraq Al Jazeera 5 March 2015 6 March 2015http://www.riyadhvision.com/2015/03/07/reports-isis-bulldozed-ancient-hatra-city-in-mosul/ Reports: ISIS bulldozed ancient Hatra city in Mosul - RiyadhVision RiyadhVision 7 March 2015 8 March 2015 15 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150315094537/http://www.riyadhvision.com/2015/03/07/reports-isis-bulldozed-ancient-hatra-city-in-mosul/ deadhttps://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/03/08/ancient-site-khorsabad-attacked-by-islamic-state-reports.html Ancient site Khorsabad attacked by Islamic State: reports Toronto Star 8 March 2015 8 March 2015 May – The Temple of Baalshamin is destroyed by ISIS.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150901-isis-destruction-looting-ancient-sites-iraq-syria-archaeology/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150904062504/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150901-isis-destruction-looting-ancient-sites-iraq-syria-archaeology/ dead September 4, 2015 Here Are the Ancient Sites ISIS Has Damaged and Destroyed National Geographic 14 June 2017 June – Welsh metal detectorists discover a large Viking and Anglo-Saxon coin and jewellery hoard at Eye, Herefordshire on the English border but steal and conceal most of the find.Detectorists stole Viking hoard that 'rewrites history' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-50461860Z BBC News 2019-11-21 2019-11-21September 2025 medicmedic June 3 – Formal confirmation that a wreck first located in the 1980s off Cape Town, South Africa, is the Portuguese São José Paquete Africa (sank 1794), the first and only confirmed find of a working slave ship sunk in transit with its human cargo aboard.Henry Gass Wreck of slave ship: Why the São José fascinates https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/0601/Wreck-of-slave-ship-Why-the-Sao-Jose-fascinates The Christian Science Monitor 2015-06-01 0882-7729 2015-06-03Roger Catlin Smithsonian to Receive Artifacts From Sunken 18th-Century Slave Ship Found Off the Coast of South Africa http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/sunken-18th-century-slave-ship-found-south-africa-180955458/?no-ist Smithsonian 2015-05-31 2015-06-03 August – The Temple of Bel in Palmyra is destroyed by ISIS.2015-09-01 Palmyra's Temple of Bel destroyed, says UN BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34111092 2015-09-10 Deaths January 25 – Giancarlo Ligabue, Italian paleontologist, discoverer of Ligabueino (b. 1931)In memory of Giancarlo Ligabue http://www.ligabuemagazine.it/en/news/dettaglio_21.html www.ligabuemagazine.it 16 May 2017 28 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201128012754/https://www.ligabuemagazine.it/en/news/dettaglio_21.html dead February 25 – Sheppard Frere, British archaeologist of the Roman Empire (b. 1916)Manning William Sheppard Frere obituary https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/10/sheppard-frere The Guardian London 2017-05-16 2015-03-10 April 9 – Margaret Rule, British maritime archaeologist (b. 1928)https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/apr/16/margaret-rule Margaret Rule obituary The Guardian London 2015-04-16 2017-05-17 August 18 – Khaled al-Asaad, Syrian archaeologist (b. 1934)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11839626/Khaled-al-Asaad-curator-obituary.html Khaled al-Asaad, curator - obituary The Daily Telegraph 2 September 2015 London 2017-05-16 See also List of years in archaeology References Category:Archaeology by year Archaeology Category:2010s in archaeology