1987 in archaeology

Explorations

Excavations

• Amnya complex (from 6100 BCE) found and first excavated in Siberia.
• Wreck of (sank 1895) located and excavated off the coast of the Netherlands.
• Gaziantep Museum excavations at Zeugma.
• Excavation at Taur Ikhbeineh, an Early Bronze Age settlement in the Gaza Strip, led by Eliezer Oren and Yekutieli Yuval of Ben Gurion University

Finds

• June 20 - Arkaim in Southern Ural.
• Hoards from Milton Keynes and surrounding area of Buckinghamshire, England: coins from Little Brickhill and Walton.
• Skeleton of a woman dating from over 4,250 years ago found in Achavanich, a megalithic structure in Caithness, Scotland.
• Dufuna canoe, the oldest known boat outside Europe, found in Nigeria.
• The Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the earliest known calendar-dated document (900) in the Philippines, is found.

Publications

Events

• December 8 - Chaco Culture National Historical Park is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Births

Deaths

• August 12 - Crystal Bennett, British archaeologist of Jordan (b. 1918)

References

References

1. (1992). "The Nile Delta in Transition: 4th–3rd Millennium B.C.". Israel Exploration Society.
2. Shnirelman, Victor A.. (1998). "Archaeology and ethnic politics: the discovery of Arkaim". UNESCO; Blackwell Publishers.
3. (3 December 2018). "Giving life to 4,000-year-old Ava".
4. Chua, Xiao. (May 28, 2013). "KAHALAGAHAN NG LAGUNA COPPERPLATE AT IKA-400 TAON NG VOCABULARIO NI SAN BUENAVENTURA".
5. (2012). "Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks". U of Minnesota Press.
6. "Women in Old World Archaeology".