2015 in archaeology
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This page lists major archaeological events of 2015.
Explorations
- September – Start of major excavations at Must Farm Bronze Age settlement in The Fens of eastern England by archaeologists from Cambridge.
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.[1]
Finds
- January 4 – The discovery of the tomb of Khentakawess III in Abusir is announced.[2]
- January 27 – Discovery of an extinct Homo bone under Penghu Strait in Taiwan named Penghu 1 is published.[3]
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.[4][5]
Miscellaneous
- 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.[6][7][8]
Deaths
- January 25 – Giancarlo Ligabue, Italian palaeontologist, discoverer of Ligabueino (b. 1931)
- February 26 – Sheppard Frere, British archaeologist of the Roman Empire (b. 1916)
See also
References
- ↑ Davison, Janet (2015-04-06). "Franklin Expedition search: Ice dive team ready to discover more secrets of HMS Erebus". CBC News. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ↑ "Tomb of previously unknown pharaonic queen found in Egypt". The Express Tribune. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ Chang, Chun-Hsiang; Kaifu, Yousuke; Takai, Masanaru; Kono, Reiko T.; Grün, Rainer; Matsu’ura, Shuji; Kinsley, Les; Lin, Liang-Kong (2015). "The first archaic Homo from Taiwan". Nature Communications. 6: 6037. doi:10.1038/ncomms7037. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- ↑ Hershkovitz, Israel; Marder, Ofer; Ayalon, Avner; Bar-Matthews, Miryam; Yasur, Gal; Boaretto, Elisabetta; Caracuta, Valentina; Alex, Bridget; et al. (2015). "Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans". Nature. Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1038/nature14134. PMID 25629628.
- ↑ "55,000-Year-Old Skull Fossil Sheds New Light on Human Migration out of Africa". Science News. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "ISIL fighters bulldoze ancient Assyrian palace in Iraq". Al Jazeera. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ "Reports: ISIS bulldozed ancient Hatra city in Mosul - RiyadhVision". RiyadhVision. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ "Ancient site Khorsabad attacked by Islamic State: reports". Toronto Star. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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