2002 in archaeology

none 2002 archaeology science Explorations First expedition to Sub Marine Explorer in the Pearl Islands by James P. Delgado. Excavations March – Part of the podium of the Temple of Apollo in Mdina, Malta is discovered and subsequently excavated.Testa Michael New find at Mdina most important so far in old capital http://www.maltamigration.com/news/times93020.shtml Times of Malta 19 March 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20160413115810/http://www.maltamigration.com/news/times93020.shtml 13 April 2016 Finds February – Remains of oldest known European early modern humans at this time found in Peștera cu Oase, Romania. May 1 – Horncastle boar's head, an early 7th-century Anglo-Saxon ornament, probably part of a helmet crest, discovered in the eastern English town of Horncastle by a metal detectorist. May 3 – Amesbury Archer, a Bronze Age burial found near Stonehenge in England. June – Newport Ship (medieval) in south-east Wales. October – Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc in mid-Wales. 3,500-year-old human remains found in the Citadel of Damascus. Mask of la Roche-Cotard (Mousterian) found beside the Loire in France. Publications Thebes tablets. Events Brief reappearance and study of Seaton Carew Wreck. Ciampate del Diavolo (early hominid footprints in Italy) come to scientific attention. December 29 – 70,000 excavated artifacts from the Ōfune Site in Japan are damaged or destroyed when fire breaks out in an exhibition room.最古級の漆製品焼失で視察／関係者が北海道南茅部町に Officials in Minamikayabe, Hokkaido say oldest lacquerware was burned https://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/national/culture_entertainment/20021230000186 ja Shikoku News 2002-12-30 2020-11-01 Deaths March 31 – Carlos J. Gradin, Argentine archaeologist (born 1918)Lands, Hands And Cyanide: Mining Expansion In Northwest Santa Cruz https://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=3002 2021-04-21 www.minesandcommunities.orgCueva de las Manos. Historia de las Investigaciones en el sitio arquelógico. https://www.cuevadelasmanos.org/investigacion.html 2021-05-01 www.cuevadelasmanos.orgIdentifiants et référentiels pour l'Enseignement Gradín, Carlos Joaquín (1918-2002) https://www.idref.fr/17058741X live 2021-05-23 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20210501202125/https://www.idref.fr/17058741X 2021-05-01 Gradin Carlos J. https://worldcat.org/oclc/1025944494 La región pampeana: su pasado arqueológico Oliva Fernando 2004 Laborde 987-9459-68-7 1025944494 In The Library of Congress Gradin, Carlos J. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92033009.html live 2021-06-22 id.loc.gov no92033009 https://web.archive.org/web/20210502035552/https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92033009.html 2021-05-02 April 28 – Gordon Willey, American archaeologist (born 1913)Obituary: Gordon Willey https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/10/guardianobituaries.obituaries1 theguardian.com 10 May 2002 15 March 2017 June 26 – Barbara Adams, English Egyptologist (born 1945)Obituary: Barbara Adams https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/13/guardianobituaries.obituaries The Guardian 9 October 2017 13 July 2002 See also Syria - ongoing excavations. References Category:Archaeology by year Archaeology Category:2000s in archaeology