List of years in archaeology
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The following entries cover events related to the study of archaeology
which occurred in the listed year.
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1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679
1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689
1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699
1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719
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1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739
1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749
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Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
which occurred in the listed year.
1600s - 1700s - 1800s - 1900s- 2000s
1600s
16001600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1601
1600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1602
1600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1603
1600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1604
1600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1605
1600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1606
1600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1607
1600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1608
1600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1609
1600s in archaeology
The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 .-Other events:...
1610
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1611
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1612
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1613
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1614
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1615
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1616
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1617
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1618
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1619
1610s in archaeology
The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.-Finds:* 1614 - Tomb of the Scipios discovered in Rome. The titulus of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum...
1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629
1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639
1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649
1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659
1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669
1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679
1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689
1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699
1700s
1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 17091710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719
1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729
1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739
1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749
1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759
1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769
1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779
1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789
1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799
1800s
18001800 in archaeology
The year 1800 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Bretby Castle, Derbyshire, England: 16th century fortified manor partially excavated.-Births:* Ferdinand Keller , Swiss archaeologist....
1801
1801 in archaeology
The year 1801 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* The first complete mastodon skeleton is excavated, before dinosaurs were discovered.-Events:...
1802
1802 in archaeology
The year 1802 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Publications:* Vivant Denon - Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes du général Bonaparte; includes first publication of the Dendera zodiac....
1803
1803 in archaeology
The year 1803 in archaeology involved some significant events....
1804
1804 in archaeology
The year 1804 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* In southern France, the Ratapignata Pyramid is discovered on the hillside north of Nice, France and northwest of Falicon. It was determined to have been a Roman building 9-m tall...
1805
1805 in archaeology
The year 1805 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Finds :* A Roman mosaic is discovered under the southwest angle of the Bank of England, at a depth of 12 feet ....
1806
1806 in archaeology
The year 1806 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Publications:* Saggio delle lingue Italia by Luigi Lanzi* Dei vasi antichi dipinti volgarmente chiamati Etruschi by Luigi Lanzi...
1807
1807 in archaeology
The year 1807 in archaeology involved some significant events....
1808
1808 in archaeology
1808 in archaeology.See also: 1807 in archaeology, other events of 1808, 1809 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology....
1809
1809 in archaeology
The year 1809 CE in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.See also: 1808 in archaeology, other events of 1809, 1810 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology....
1810
1810 in archaeology
The year 1810 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.-Publications:...
1811
1811 in archaeology
The year 1811 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.* In Italy, detailed excavations continue at Pompeii....
1812
1812 in archaeology
The year 1812 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.-Miscellaneous:* American Antiquarian Society is founded in Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas....
1813
1813 in archaeology
The year 1813 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.* Bremetennacum , Lancashire, England.-Finds:...
1814
1814 in archaeology
The year 1814 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Stamford Raffles becomes the first European to explore Borobudur in Central Java.-Excavations:* Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814....
1815
1815 in archaeology
The year 1815 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The Philae obelisk is discovered, bearing inscriptions in hieroglyphic and Greek including the royal names of Ptolemy IX and Cleopatra....
1816
1816 in archaeology
The year 1816 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* March - The stupa at Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, is excavated.* The North Leigh Roman Villa, in Oxfordshire is extensively excavated between 1813 and 1816, when its plan is recovered and interior features are reported.*...
1817
1817 in archaeology
The year 1817 in archaeology involved some significant events.During 1817, Giovanni Belzoni excavated Abu Simbel, Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings, including the tomb of Seti I.-Explorations:...
1818
1818 in archaeology
The year 1818 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Explorations :* Giovanni Battista Belzoni explores interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza....
1819
1819 in archaeology
The year 1819 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* The remains of the villa of Pliny, named Villa di Pino, are excavated during 1802-1819 .* In Italy, detailed excavations continue at Pompeii....
1820
1820 in archaeology
The year 1820 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* First excavations of the Gallo-Roman site at Grand, Vosges.-Publications:...
1821
1821 in archaeology
The year 1821 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* October - John Gardner Wilkinson begins a twelve-year stay in Egypt, surveying historical sites.-Miscellaneous:...
1822
1822 in archaeology
The year 1822 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* Turin King List is discovered by Bernardino Drovetti.* First discoveries of Golasecca culture.-Publications:...
1823
1823 in archaeology
The year 1823 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* Red Lady of Paviland by Rev. William Buckland, Gower Peninsula in south Wales.* Smythe's Megalith....
1824
1824 in archaeology
The year 1824 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* In Egypt, the tombs at Thebes were excavated .* Near Mexico City, the courtyard of the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan was excavated....
1825
1825 in archaeology
The year 1825 in archaeology involved some significant events....
1826
1826 in archaeology
1826 in archaeology.See also: 1825 in archaeology, other events of 1826, 1827 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology....
1827
1827 in archaeology
The year 1827 CE in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.See also: 1826 in archaeology, other events of 1827, 1828 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology.-Excavations:...
1828
1828 in archaeology
- See also:* List of years in archaeology* 1827 in archaeology* 1829 in archaeology...
1829
1830 1831
1831 in archaeology
The year 1831 CE in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.See also: 1830 in archaeology, other events of 1831, 1832 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology.- Explorations :...
1832
1832 in archaeology
- Explorations :* Jean-Frédéric Waldeck begins two-year stay at the Maya ruins of Palenque-Publications:* Ippolito Rosellini, Monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia begins publication....
1833
1833 in archaeology
-Publications:* Juan Galindo publishes first mention of Maya site of Yaxchilan...
1834
1834 in archaeology
-Miscellaneous:* John Clayton begins to safeguard Hadrian's Wall....
1835
1835 in archaeology
The year 1835 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Henry Rawlinson begins study and decipherment from the cuneiform of the Behistun Inscription.-Publications:* Juan Galindo's description of the Maya site of Copán....
1836
1836 in archaeology
1836 in archaeology.See also: other events of 1836.-Publications:* Otto Jahn - Palamedes.* Christian Jürgensen Thomsen - Ledetraad til Nordisk Oldkyndighed....
1837
1837 in archaeology
1837 in archaeology.See also: other events of 1837.-Explorations:* Richard William Howard Vyse investigates the interiors of the Pyramids of Giza using blasting techniques.-Births:...
1838
1838 in archaeology
- Publications :* Rifa'a el-Tahtawi publishes The History of Ancient Egyptians.* Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes publishes the first part of De La Création, Essai sur L'Origine et la Progression des Êtres....
1839
1839 in archaeology
1839 in archaeology-Excavations:*English archeologist A. H. Layard begins excavations of Nineveh.-Explorations:* John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood explore the Maya ruins of Copan...
1840
1840 in archaeology
-Explorations:* John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood explore ruins of the Maya civilization including Quiriguá, Q'umarkaj, Palenque, and Uxmal.-Births:*February 7 - Charles Warren, British Biblical archaeologist...
1841
1841 in archaeology
- Publications :* Biblical Researches in Palestine, the Sinai, Petrae and Adjacent Regions by Edward Robinson, based on his survey conducted over several years, proposes identification of Biblical names with modern sites....
1842
1842 in archaeology
-Explorations:* Site of Masada discovered.* Karl Richard Lepsius begins an expedition to Egypt and the Sudan commissioned by King Frederick William IV of Prussia.-Publications:* Karl Lepsius produces the first modern list of pyramids....
1843
1843 in archaeology
-Excavations:* Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.* Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple, Dorset.- Publications:* Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood...
1844
1844 in archaeology
1844 in archaeology- Publications:* Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America by Frederick Catherwood, with color lithographs of ruins of the Maya civilization...
1845
1845 in archaeology
The year 1845 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:*E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis begin one of the first American scientific archaeological studies, exploring the remains of the prehistoric mound builders of Ohio, leading to the publication of the landmark Ancient Monuments...
1846
1846 in archaeology
-Explorations:* Johann Georg Ramsauer discovers a large prehistoric cemetery near Hallstatt.* Ephraim Squier and Edwin Davis find and describe Serpent Mound.-Publications:*John Disney publishes first edition of Museum Disneianum...
1847
1847 in archaeology
- Publications:* Antiquités Celtiques et Antédiluviennes by Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes.* The History of the Conquest of Peru by William H. Prescott....
1848
1848 in archaeology
-Publications:* Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis* First volume of Austen H. Layard's Nineveh and its Remains* Final volume of Lord Kingsborough's 9 volume Antiquities of Mexico...
1849
1849 in archaeology
-Explorations:*Lt. James H. Simpson leads the Washington Expedition, a military reconnaissance team which surveys Navajo lands and records cultural sites in Chaco Canyon. Illustrations created by the Kern brothers are included in a government report....
1850
1850 in archaeology
-Births:* Alfred Maudslay, explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization* Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist, author of many books on ancient Dacia...
1851
1851 in archaeology
The year 1851 in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.See also: other events of 1851-Publications:* J. Collingwood Bruce's The Roman Wall: a historical, topographical, and descriptive account of the barrier of the lower isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway.*...
1852
1852 in archaeology
-Publications:* William Michael Wylie - Fairford Graves: a record of researches in an Anglo-Saxon burial place in Gloucestershire.-Deaths:* Bernardino Drovetti, Piedmontese antiquarian and Egyptologist ....
1853
1853 in archaeology
-Births:* 3 June: William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Egyptologist* Wilhelm Dörpfeld, archaeologist of Troy...
1854
1854 in archaeology
-Explorations:* Dr. Karl Scherzer examines and writes description of Quiriguá.* Thomas Wright investigates Kit's Coty House.- See also :* List of years in archaeology* 1853 in archaeology* 1855 in archaeology...
1855
1855 in archaeology
The year 1855 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* The last noted Gugz sanctuary was accidentally discovered on 5 September 1855 by Augustus Gregory. Gregory noted this discovery in one of his earlier exploration diaries as a discovery made while exploring the coastline,...
1856 1857
1857 in archaeology
-Finds:* First artifacts of La Tène culture at La Tène, Switzerland* Battersea Shield in the River Thames-Publications:* William Wilde begins publication of a classified catalogue of the museum of the Royal Irish Academy....
1858
1858 in archaeology
-Explorations:* Désiré Charnay makes the first photographs of the Maya ruins of Palenque-Finds:* Discovery of stone tools in a cave at Brixham in England.* December 31 - Roman coin hoard at Weston Underwood found in Buckinghamshire, England.-References:----...
1859
1859 in archaeology
-Excavations:* Excavation of Nydam Mose in Denmark under Conrad Engelhardt begins .* Excavation of Viroconium Cornoviorum under Thomas Wright.-Publications:* J. M...
1860
1860 in archaeology
- Excavations:* Giuseppe Fiorelli takes charge of excavations at Pompeii.* Ernest Renan makes excavations at Byblos.-Finds:* Édouard Lartet discovers stone tools at Aurignac.-Births:...
1861
1861 in archaeology
-Explorations:* First scientific investigations of Nalanda Mahavihara in Bihar.* British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham identifies the ancient city of Vaishali with the present-day village of Basrah in Bihar....
1862 1863
1863 in archaeology
1863 in archaeology-Explorations:* Édouard Lartet and Henry Christy begin joint exploration of caves in the valley of the Vézère, in southern France.-Excavations:* Excavations at Ephesus by John Turtle Wood begin....
1864
1864 in archaeology
1864 in archaeology.See also: other events of 1864.-Publications:* William Collings Lukis - "Danish Cromlechs and Burial Customs compared with those of Brittany, the Channel Islands, and Great Britain". The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 8: pp...
1865
1865 in archaeology
The year 1865 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Publications:*John Lubbock publishes Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages....
1866
1866 in archaeology
-Publications:* Posthumous publication by Édouard Lartet of Henry Christy's Reliquiae Aquitanicae, being contributions to the archaeology and palaeontology of Perigord and the adjacent provinces of southern France commences.-Births:...
1867
1867 in archaeology
-Excavations:* Oluf Rygh excavates the Tune ship in Norway.* Excavations at Bibracte begun by Gabriel Bulliot .* September - Augustus Henry Lane-Fox undertakes his first excavation, at Cissbury Ring hill fort in West Sussex.-Finds:...
1868
1868 in archaeology
The year 1868 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Charles Warren starts first excavations of Jericho.* Grime's Graves in the English county of Norfolk is excavated in 1868-1870, including Gallery III2b of Greenwell's Pit....
1869
1869 in archaeology
The year 1869 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Temple of Artemis at Ephesus discovered by British archaeologist John Turtle Wood near Kusadasi, Turkey....
1870
1870 in archaeology
The year 1870 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* In Athens, Greece, the site of Kallimarmaron Stadium is excavated ....
1871
1871 in archaeology
The year 1871 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* Gezer discovered by Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau.* Hut on Novaya Zemlya used by Willem Barentsz's expedition is found by Norwegian seal hunter Elling Carlsen....
1872
1872 in archaeology
1872 in archaeology.See also: other events of 1872, 1873 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology.-Events:* December 3 - George Smith presents the first translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh to a meeting of the Society of Biblical Archaeology in London.-Finds:* Loughton Camp in Epping...
1873
1873 in archaeology
The year 1873 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Antonio García Cubas makes first scholarly description of the ruins of the Toltec capital in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico....
1874
1874 in archaeology
The year 1874 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:*William Henry Jackson of the Hayden Survey photographs the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings....
1875
1875 in archaeology
The year 1875 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:*Hermes and the infant Dionysos by Praxiteles or his followers, a Hellenistic or Roman copy after the original of 4th century BC is discovered in the rubble of the ruined Temple of Hera at Olympia, Greece...
1876
1876 in archaeology
The year 1876 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* The "Mask of Agamemnon" found at Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann. Later in the year Schliemann supposedly telegraphs a Greek newspaper "I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon"....
1877
1877 in archaeology
The year 1877 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:*Artist and photographer William Henry Jackson participates in the Hayden Survey of the Western United States, producing maps of Chaco Canyon, but no photographs due to technical problems.-Publications:* Canon William...
1878
1878 in archaeology
The year 1878 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:*Christos Stamatakis excavates the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece .* September - Carl Humann begins excavations at Pergamon.-Publications:...
1879
1879 in archaeology
The year 1879 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Major excavation at Babylon, conducted by Hormuzd Rassam on behalf of the British Museum. Work continues until 1882.-Finds:* Bison, on the ceiling of a cave at Altamira, Spain...
1880
1880 in archaeology
The year 1880 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* William Matthew Flinders Petrie travels to Egypt and conducts a survey of the Great Pyramid of Giza.-Publications:...
1881
1881 in archaeology
The year 1881 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* March - Augustus Pitt Rivers finds palaeolithic flints in concreted gravels of the Nile terraces near Thebes.-Other events:...
1882
1882 in archaeology
The year 1882 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Expeditions led by Alfred Maudslay and Désiré Charnay independently arrive at Maya site of Yaxchilan.* Nature of site at Heuneburg identified by Eduard Paulus.-Excavations:...
1883
1883 in archaeology
The year 1883 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* In Cyprus, the three sanctuaries and the tombs are excavated for the Cyprus Museum....
1884
1884 in archaeology
The year 1884 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Rev. William Collings Lukis and Sir Henry Dryden, Bart., survey megalithic monuments in Scotland, Cumberland and Westmoreland.-Excavations:...
1885
1885 in archaeology
The year 1885 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Explorations continue in many places, from Latin America to Italy to Japan.- Excavations:...
1886
1886 in archaeology
The year 1886 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* October 4 - Augustus Pitt Rivers begins excavation of the Romano-British settlement site on Rotherley Downs....
1887
1887 in archaeology
The year 1887 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* A local woman digging for sebakh at Amarna uncovers a cache of over 300 cuneiform tablets containing diplomatic correspondence of the Pharaohs, now commonly known as the Amarna Letters.-Publications:* William Ivison Macadam -...
1888
1888 in archaeology
The year 1888 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:*Chaco Canyon is surveyed and photographed by Victor and Cosmos Mindeleff of the Bureau of American Ethnology.-Excavations:...
1889
1889 in archaeology
The year 1889 in archaeology involved some significant events....
1890
1890 in archaeology
The year 1890 in archaeology:-Explorations:* Alfred Maudslay begins his documentation of the Maya ruins of Palenque.-Excavations:* Arthur Evans excavates a Belgae cemetery site at Aylesford.* J.R...
1891
1891 in archaeology
The year 1891 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Brahmagiri first explored by Benjamin L. Rice.- Excavations:* Peabody Museum - Harvard University project at Copan begins....
1892
1892 in archaeology
The year 1892 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Miscellaneous:* Sir William Ridgeway is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.-Births:...
1893
1893 in archaeology
The year 1893 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* September 11–October 25 - Augustus Pitt Rivers excavates Wor Barrow ditch.* Wilhelm Dörpfeld begins his excavations of Troy....
1894
1894 in archaeology
The year 1894 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* March 29–May 12 - Augustus Pitt Rivers excavates Wor Barrow mound.* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Harvard University project at Copan concludes....
1895
1895 in archaeology
The year 1895 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Teoberto Maler makes first examinations of the Maya site of Seibal.* Eliseo Borghi begins first examinations of the Nemi ships wreck site.-Deaths:...
1896
1896 in archaeology
The year 1896 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Bernard Grenfell and Arthur Hunt of Queen's College, Oxford, begin excavation at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, discovering New Testament texts amongst the Oxyrhynchus Papyri....
1897
1897 in archaeology
The year 1897 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Rudolf Ernst Brünnow and Alfred von Domaszewski begin a two-year expedition to the Arabian Peninsula, including Petra.-Excavations:...
1898
1898 in archaeology
The year 1898 in archaeology involved some significant excavations.-Excavations:* J. E. Quibell excavates the royal residences of various early Egyptian kings at Hierakonpolis in Upper Egypt....
1899
1899 in archaeology
The year 1899 in archaeology involved some significant excavations.-Excavations:* Excavations of Babylon by Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft directed by Robert Koldewey begin.-Finds:...
1900s
19001900 in archaeology
-Excavations:* March 16: Arthur Evans purchases Knossos and soon after begins excavations.* Excavations by Friedrich Delitzsch begin at Assur.* University of Pennsylvania excavations at Nippur conclude ....
1901
1901 in archaeology
The year 1901 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* KV44 at the Valley of the Kings, Egypt by Howard Carter and Donald P...
1902
1902 in archaeology
The year 1902 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:*Bison, on the ceiling of a cave at Altamira, Spain accepted as authentic. c. 12000 BC. Discovered in 1879.- Excavations:...
1903
1903 in archaeology
The year 1903 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Thomas Gann makes first scholarly investigation of Lubaantun.* Raphael Pumpelly explores at Anau in Turkestan.-Excavations:...
1904
1904 in archaeology
The year 1904 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Leo Frobenius makes an expedition to the Kasai region of the Belgian Congo.- Excavations:* Edward Herbert Thompson dredges artifacts from the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza....
1905
1905 in archaeology
The year 1905 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Theodore M. Davis officially granted exclusive concession to excavate in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.-Excavations:...
1906
1906 in archaeology
The year 1906 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Hugo Winckler begins excavations at Boğazköy in Turkey for the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft .* T...
1907
1907 in archaeology
-Excavations:* January 6 - Tomb KV55 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings is discovered by Edward R. Ayrton.* William M. Ramsay and Gertrude Bell work in Turkey.* John Garstang begins work at Sakçagözü ....
1908
1908 in archaeology
The year 1908 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* At Avebury by Harold St George Gray.* First excavations at Samaria begin by a Harvard expedition.* Sakçagözü excavated by John Garstang....
1909
1909 in archaeology
The year 1909 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Discovery of the Burgess Shale Cambrian fossil site in the Canadian Rockies by palaeontologist Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution.-Excavations:...
1910
1910 in archaeology
-Miscellaneous:* United Fruit Company purchases land in Guatemala including the Maya site of Quiriguá; 30 acres including and around the ruins are set aside as an archaeological zone....
1911
1911 in archaeology
The year 1911 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Excavations of the ruins of Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, by Ludwig Borchardt of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft ....
1912
1912 in archaeology
The year 1912 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Project to excavate and restore ancient temples at Sanchi begins under Sir John Marshall ....
1913
1913 in archaeology
The year 1913 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Publications:* April National Geographic Magazine is entirely devoted to the discoveries of Hiram Bingham III at Machu Picchu....
1914
1914 in archaeology
The year 1914 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* March 29 - Katherine Routledge and her husband William Scoresby Routledge arrive on Easter Island to make the first true study of it .- Excavations:...
1915
1915 in archaeology
The year 1915 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Explorations :* Hiram Bingham III finishes his explorations of Machu Picchu, begun in 1911.-Excavations:...
1916
1916 in archaeology
The year 1916 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Start of first excavations at Adelsö.* In Ireland, the burial mound at Grannagh, near Ardrahan in County Galway, is first excavated in 1916 by R.A.S...
1917
1917 in archaeology
The year 1917 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Publications:*Wang Guowei reconstructs a complete Shang dynasty royal genealogy based on the translation of oracle bones from the site of Yinxu.-Deaths:...
1918
1918 in archaeology
The year 1918 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Ballshi inscription, a 9th-century epigraph testifying to the christianization of Bulgaria-Births:...
1919
1919 in archaeology
The year 1919 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Events:* 22 May: A. E. Douglass provides the first comparative dendrochronology datings, to Clark Wissler of the American Museum of Natural History for sites in New Mexico.-Publications:...
1920
1920 in archaeology
-Excavations:* Work begins at Pueblo Bonito and other sites in Chaco Canyon by Neil Merton Judd for the National Geographic Society .* Work begins on the Philistine site at Ashkelon by John Garstang .-Miscellaneous:* O. G. S...
1921
1921 in archaeology
The year 1921 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:*Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, China is discovered by Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson and American palaeontologist Walter W...
1922
1922 in archaeology
The year 1922 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* November 4 - Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb. He opens it in the presence of George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, on November 26....
1923
1923 in archaeology
The year 1923 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:*Expedition under Neil Merton Judd to collect dendrochronological specimens in order to date habitation of Chaco Canyon- Excavations:...
1924
1924 in archaeology
The year 1924 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* February 12 - Howard Carter opens the sarcophagus of Tutenkhamun...
1925
1925 in archaeology
The year 1925 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Kaminaljuyu, by Manuel Gamino.* Excavations in Gibraltar by Dorothy Garrod begin ....
1926
1926 in archaeology
The year 1926 saw a number of significant events in the field of archaeology:-Explorations:* February: Thomas Gann visits the Mayan ruin of Coba, and publishes the first first-hand description of the site later in the year....
1927
1927 in archaeology
The year 1927 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Large scale excavations begin at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China under Canadian paleoanthropologist Davidson Black with support from the Rockefeller Foundation....
1928
1928 in archaeology
The year 1928 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* American astronomer and University of Arizona professor A. E. Douglass participates in a National Geographic Society research project under Neil Merton Judd exploring Chaco Canyon...
1929
1929 in archaeology
The year 1929 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Expedition under Neil Merton Judd to collect dendrochronological specimens to date habitation of Chaco Canyon....
1930
1930 in archaeology
- Excavations:* Vere Gordon Childe completes excavations at Skara Brae .* John Garstang begins excavations at Jericho .* Flinders Petrie begins excavations at Tall al-Ajjul .-Miscellaneous:...
1931
1931 in archaeology
The year 1931 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Chinese prehistorian Jia Lanpo and archaeologist Bian Mienmien join the ongoing excavations at Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China....
1932
1932 in archaeology
The year 1932 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Excavations of Antioch begun by an international committee ....
1933
1933 in archaeology
The year 1933 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Excavations at Et-Tell by Judith Marquet-Krause begin ....
1934
1934 in archaeology
The year 1934 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Maya site of Becan rediscovered by archaeologists Karl Ruppert and John Denison.-Excavations:...
1935
1935 in archaeology
The year 1935 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* December: Chinese prehistorian Jia Lanpo appointed field director of the continuing excavations at Peking Man site in Zhoukoudian, China.-Miscellaneous:...
1936
1936 in archaeology
The year 1936 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Dmanisi, Georgia.* Julliberrie's Grave by Ronald Jessup.* Spiro Mounds by University of Oklahoma.* Fort Hawkins, Georgia, by Gordon Willey.* Govurqala, Azerbaijan....
1937
1937 in archaeology
The year 1937 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Uaxactun project by Carnegie Institution led by Oliver Ricketson ends.* Excavations at Vergina conducted by University of Thessaloniki....
1938
1938 in archaeology
The year 1938 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Matthew Stirling first visits the Tres Zapotes and San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán sites.-Excavations:...
1939
1939 in archaeology
The year 1939 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* University of Pennsylvania project at Piedras Negras, Guatemala ends .* Palace of Nestor in Pylos by Carl Blegen .-Finds:...
1940
1940 in archaeology
-Excavations:* Start of excavations at Tell Uqair by Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities .* Start of excavations at Ahichatra.* Excavations at Brahmagiri by M. H. Krishna of the Mysore state Archaeological Department....
1941
1941 in archaeology
The year 1941 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* June 19 - Mikhail M. Gerasimov opens Tamerlane's tomb.* Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Sterling begin....
1942
1942 in archaeology
The year 1942 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:*January: Mildenhall Treasure discovered by ploughman Gordon Butcher in Suffolk, England....
1943
1943 in archaeology
The year 1943 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Sterling end.* Start of excavations at El Tajín by José Garcia Payon....
1944
1944 in archaeology
The year 1944 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Canterbury Excavations began.* "Caesar's Camp" site at location of London Heathrow Airport.-Miscellaneous:* 31 May: Nemi ships destroyed by fire....
1945
1945 in archaeology
The year 1945 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Miscellaneous:* W. F. Grimes succeeds Mortimer Wheeler as director of the London Museum....
1946
1946 in archaeology
The year 1946 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Bonampak first visited by non-Mayans.* Maria Reiche begins to map the Nazca Lines.-Excavations:* Ferriby Boats 1 and 2 excavated....
1947
1947 in archaeology
-Excavations:* Mortimer Wheeler excavates Brahmagiri for the Archaeological Survey of India.* Stuart Piggott begins excavations at Cairnpapple Hill in Scotland.* J. F. S. Stone excavates the first trench across the Stonehenge cursus.-Publications:...
1948
1948 in archaeology
The year 1948 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Excavations at Nippur sponsored by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago begin directed by Richard C...
1949
1949 in archaeology
The year 1949 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Excavation work recommences at the Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China.* Alberto Ruz Lhuillier begins excavations of the Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque....
1950
1950 in archaeology
- Excavations:* Excavations at Stonehenge by R. J. C. Atkinson, Stuart Piggott and J. F. S. Stone.* Excavations at Wharram Percy by Maurice Beresford begin.* Excavations at Beitin.* Excavations at Gordium by the University of Pennsylvania Museum under Rodney S...
1951
1951 in archaeology
The year 1951 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications in North Yorkshire, by Mortimer Wheeler .* Hod Hill in Dorset, by Ian Richmond for the British Museum ....
1952
1952 in archaeology
The year 1952 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Alberto Ruz Lhuillier opens the tomb of Pacal the Great at Palenque.* Major excavations begin at Viking burial site of Lindholm Høje....
1953
1953 in archaeology
The year 1953 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Events:* November 21: Piltdown Man is shown to be a hoax.* Michael Ventris deciphers Minoan Linear B.-Publications:* O. G. S. Crawford - Archaeology in the Field ....
1954
1954 in archaeology
The year 1954 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Mixco Viejo, Guatemala Musée d'Homme project under the direction of Henri Lehmann starts ....
1955
1955 in archaeology
The year 1955 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Thor Heyerdahl organizes the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island .-Excavations:* A. C...
1956
1956 in archaeology
The year 1956 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Large University of Pennsylvania project at Tikal begins.* Excavations of the Neolithic settlement at Argissa Magoula in Thessaly by Vladimir Milojčić of the University of Heidelberg begin .* Excavations of the Danubian...
1957
1957 in archaeology
The year 1957 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:*1957-1960: James Mellaart at Hacilar.*1957-1961: Ralph Solecki at Shanidar, Iraq.-Publications:...
1958
1958 in archaeology
The year 1958 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Maya site of Dzibilchaltun, National Geographic Society project under E...
1959
1959 in archaeology
The year 1959 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* At Mesa Verde National Park, the Wetherill Mesa Archeological Project begins for excavation of three cliff dwellings , including a survey of Wetherill Mesa and excavation of selected mesa-top sites .* Excavations begin at...
1960
1960 in archaeology
-Excavations:* Fishbourne Roman Palace, West Sussex, by Barry Cunliffe.* Floors excavated at the Una Vida great house, Chaco Canyon.* Cape Gelidonya shipwreck excavation, by Peter Throckmorton, George F...
1961
1961 in archaeology
The year 1961 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* April 24 - Work starts on salvage of the Swedish warship Vasa, sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, from Stockholm harbor....
1962
1962 in archaeology
The year 1962 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Ian Graham makes first map of Maya site of El Mirador.* Historic American Buildings Survey records Johnson's Mill Bridge, a wooden covered bridge over Chickie's Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.-Excavations:*...
1963
1963 in archaeology
The year 1963 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Excavation of Eshmun Temple by Maurice Dunand begins .* Excavation of Masada by Yigael Yadin begins .-Finds:...
1964
1964 in archaeology
The year 1964 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Seibal Harvard University project begins under direction of Gordon R. Willey and A. Ledyard Smith.* Et-Tell excavations under Joseph Callaway begin...
1965
1965 in archaeology
The year 1965 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Start of 5 year project of excavations and restorations at Altun Ha led by Dr. David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum.* Excavations at Brahmagiri by Amalananda Ghosh....
1966
1966 in archaeology
The year 1966 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Excavation of the Maya site of Chinkultic by Stephan F. de Borhegyi of the Public Museum of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.* New excavations at Viroconium in England begin....
1967
1967 in archaeology
The year 1967 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* June 12 - New England Textile Mills Survey commenced by the Historic American Buildings Survey....
1968
1968 in archaeology
The year 1968 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Anne Stine Ingstad and Helge Ingstad complete excavations of Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows....
1969
1969 in archaeology
The year 1969 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* The Byzantine Fortress at Isthmia is excavated.* In Iran, Bard-e Bal, a necropolis, is excavated by the Belgian archaeological mission, along the banks of the Garāb river .* In Cyprus, an unlooted tomb of the Cypro-Classic...
1970
1970 in archaeology
-Explorations:* Historic American Engineering Record surveys the original main line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.-Excavations:* Joint British Museum, Harvard University and University of Cambridge project begins at Maya site of Lubaantun under leadership of Norman Hammond.* Five-year project...
1971
1971 in archaeology
The year 1971 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* The Historic American Engineering Record surveys the original main line of the New York and Erie Rail Road; the Cooper Union foundation building in Manhattan; and sites in Utah and Pennsylvania.-Excavations:*The Chaco...
1972
1972 in archaeology
The year 1972 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* National Institute of Anthropology and History excavations at Maya site of Coba begin under direction of Carlos Navarrete.* Tell Abu Hureyra, in Syria....
1973
1973 in archaeology
The year 1973 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Meadowcroft Rock Shelter under James M. Adovasio.* Heavenly Horse Tomb , a mounded tomb of Silla royalty in Gyeongju, Korea....
1974
1974 in archaeology
The year 1974 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Project at Lamanai, Belize begins, directed by David M. Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum .-Finds:...
1975
1975 in archaeology
The year 1975 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Five year project at Quiriguá begins, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, the National Geographic Society, and the government of Guatemala....
1976
1976 in archaeology
The year 1976 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:*The Chaco Project excavates fourteen rooms at Pueblo Alto from 1976 to 1978....
1977
1977 in archaeology
The year 1977 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Tom Dillehay begins excavations at Monte Verde, Chile* Excavations of the henge at Balfarg in Scotland, led by Roger Mercer, begin....
1978
1978 in archaeology
The year 1978 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* New excavations at Brahmagiri by Amalananda Ghosh.-Finds:* February 21 - The remains of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan.* Bactrian Gold hoard.-Publications:...
1979
1979 in archaeology
The year 1979 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Tillya Tepe surveyed by a Soviet-Afghan mission of archaeologists led by Victor Sarianidi.-Excavations:* Hengistbury Head by Barry Cunliffe .-Finds:...
1980
1980 in archaeology
- Excavations:* Aëtos Hill, Menelaion Ridge, Laconia, Greece, takes place under H. W. Catling.* San Vincenzo al Volturno by the British School of Archaeology at Rome begin .* Ain Dara temple, Syria; continues until 1985.-Publications:...
1981
1981 in archaeology
The year 1981 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* June: Owen Beattie of the University of Alberta begins the 1845–48 Franklin Expedition Forensic Anthropology Project on King William Island to trace Franklin's lost expedition.-Excavations:* Ain Ghazal is discovered...
1982
1982 in archaeology
The year 1982 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* October 11 - Hull of Tudor navy ship Mary Rose raised from the Solent* The Chaco Project ends at Chaco Canyon .-Finds:...
1983
1983 in archaeology
The year 1983 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Hengistbury Head, by Barry Cunliffe, is continued .* Boxgrove Quarry, by Mark Roberts of University College London, is begun .-Publications:...
1984
1984 in archaeology
The year 1984 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Explorations:* Ian Graham makes first scientific examination and map of Maya site of Cival.-Excavations:* Hengistbury Head, by Barry Cunliffe, is completed ....
1985
1985 in archaeology
The year 1985 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* July 20 - The main shipwreck site of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha is found 40 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida by treasure hunters who soon begin to raise $400 million in coins and silver.* September 1 -...
1986
1986 in archaeology
The year 1986 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* La Mojarra Stela 1.* Wreck of HMS A1, the first British submarine casualty, discovered in Bracklesham Bay by local fisherman.-Publications:...
1987
1987 in archaeology
The year 1987 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* Hoards from Milton Keynes and surrounding area of Buckinghamshire, England: coins from Little Brickhill and Walton.-Events:...
1988
1988 in archaeology
The year 1988 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Excavations at Troy begin by team from the University of Tübingen and the University of Cincinnati under the direction of Professor Manfred Korfmann....
1989
1989 in archaeology
The year 1989 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Excavations are made at the Temple of Poseidon by University of Chicago....
1990
1990 in archaeology
- Excavations:* Start of 5 year project of large excavations at Birka.* Work begins at Leptiminus by David Mattingly.* Vijayanagara research project begins.-Finds:* "Ossuary of Caiaphas" in Jerusalem.* 1st Pool of Corsair is found near Boston...
1991
1991 in archaeology
The year 1991 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Dmanisi, Georgia.* November–December - Scar boat burial, Orkney.-Finds:* July - Rock art at Cosquer cave in Cap Morgiou, France.* September - Ötzi the Iceman....
1992
1992 in archaeology
The year 1992 in archaeology involved some significant events.- Excavations:* Tel Dan.* Excavations begin at Kuşaklı .* "Jules Verne" shipwrecks at Marseilles.-Finds:* El Fuerte de Samaipata near Samaipata, Bolivia excavated by Dr...
1993
1993 in archaeology
-Publications:* Barry Cunliffe - Wessex to AD 1000 .* Sarah Milledge Nelson - The Archaeology of Korea .-Events:...
1994
1994 in archaeology
The year 1994 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* National Institute of Anthropology and History excavations at Maya site of Chacchoben begin-Publications:* Alan K...
1995
1995 in archaeology
The year 1995 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Finds:* Submarine CSS H. L. Hunley is located by Clive Cussler and the National Underwater and Marine Agency after a 14-year search....
1996
1996 in archaeology
The year 1996 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Large-scale, wide-scope horizontal excavations begin at Daepyeong, a large Mumun Pottery Period settlement in Korea ....
1997
1997 in archaeology
The year 1997 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* The exhumation of Yagan's head.* Major salvage excavation of Neolithic-era Ashkelon begun by Yosef Garfinkel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ....
1998
1998 in archaeology
The year 1998 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:*Igeum-dong, a settlement-burial-ceremonial site of the Mumun Pottery Period in Sacheon, Korea ....
1999
1999 in archaeology
The year 1999 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Excavations:* Excavations resume at Qatna, in Syria, by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft....
2000s
20002000 in archaeology
The year 2000 in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.-Excavations:* International excavations of the Middle Stone Age occupation cave sites at Pinnacle Point near Mossel Bay in South Africa begin.-Publications:...
2001
2001 in archaeology
-Excavations:* Grinnell College project at Mayapan* Excavations at Cival directed by Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli*French archaeologists begin excavating Ulug Depe, an ancient bronze-age agricultural town in Turkmenistan-Publications:...
2002
2002 in archaeology
-Finds:* Mask of la Roche-Cotard.* 3,500 year old human remains found in the Citadel of Damascus.* June: Newport ship.* October: Banc Ty'nddôl sun-disc....
2003
2003 in archaeology
-Finds:* April - First British cave art discovered at Creswell Crags.* Royal Saxon tomb in Prittlewell.* Iron Age gold coin hoard at Henley-on-Thames.-Publications:...
2004
2004 in archaeology
The year 2004 in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.-Finds:* Salcombe B underwater archaeological site identified from Bronze age finds discovered on the Salcombe Cannon Wreck site....
2005
2005 in archaeology
The year 2005 in archaeology involved some significant events.-Publications:* Mark P. Leone - The Archaeology of Liberty in an American Capital: Excavations in Annapolis.* Adrienne Mayor - Fossil Legends of the First Americans....
2006
2006 in archaeology
The year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events.-Explorations:*Tomb of the Roaring Lions*Luhansk sacrificial site*Ancient pre-Inca pet cemetery dated to the Chiribaya culture found south of Lima, Peru...
2007
2007 in archaeology
-Publications:* David W. Anthony - The Horse, the Wheel and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World.* Dan Hicks - The Garden of the World: an Historical Archaeology of Sugar Landscapes in the Eastern Caribbean....
2008
2008 in archaeology
-Excavations:* March - The first excavation inside the sarsen circle since 1964 is started at Stonehenge.-Publications:* Barry Cunliffe - Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 ....
2009
2009 in archaeology
-Publications:*January: A publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds no evidence of a single event causing many simultaneous fires throughout North America nearly 13,000 years ago, contradicting the theory that a comet explosion may have caused the Quaternary...