2015 in archaeology
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This page lists major archaeological events of 2015.
Contents
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
See also
References
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