2006 in archaeology explained

The year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events.

Explorations

• Tomb of the Roaring Lions^[1]

Excavations

• KV63 - the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.^[2]
• Ancient pre-Inca pet cemetery dated to the Chiribaya culture found south of Lima, Peru.^[3]
• Ancient pre-Inca tombs complex dated to Middle Sican culture discovered under the Huaca Loro pyramid in Peru; 12 ceremonial tumi knives found.^[4]
• The Jewish cemetery, Lucena (Andalusia), the largest such cemetery excavated in Spain, is discovered during construction of the city's southern ring road and excavated.
• Portions of Timișoara Fortress in Romania.

Finds

• July - The Faddan More Psalter, a devotional book, is found in a peat bog in Ireland, where it has been buried for approximately 1200 years.^[5]
• December
  • Little Horwood Hoard of Iron Age gold staters from Buckinghamshire, England.^[6]
  • River Boyne shipwreck of 1530s found off Drogheda in Ireland.^[7]
• Inscriptions in an early form of Linear Elamite discovered at Jiroft in Iran.
• Roman sarcophagus found during work at St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, well outside the walls of Londinium.^[8]
• Defences from the Siege of Leith (1560) discovered in Pilrig, Edinburgh, Scotland.^[9]
• Wreck of Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarine, sunk in the 1942 attack on Sydney Harbour, discovered off Sydney's Northern Beaches.

Publications

• Steve Burrow - The Tomb-builders in Wales 4000-3000 BC
• Andrea Carandini - Remo e Romolo: Dai rioni dei Quiriti alla città dei Romani (775/750 - 700/675 a.C. circa) and La leggenda di Roma
• Gwyn Davies - Roman Siege Works
• Jürg Eggler & Othmar Keel - Corpus der Siegel-Amulette aus Jordanien: vom Neolithikum bis zur Perserzeit
• Lars Fogelin - Archaeology of Early Buddhism
• Matthew Johnson - Ideas of Landscape
• Chris Stringer - Homo Britannicus: the Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain

Awards

• June - Barry Cunliffe knighted.^[10]

Events

• October - British historian Alex Woolf publishes arguments that the Pictish kingdom of Fortriu was located around the Moray Firth region, further north in Scotland than the previous consensus.^[11]
• The Kharosti scrolls, the oldest collection of Buddhist manuscripts in the world, are radiocarbon-dated by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The group confirms the initial dating of the Senior manuscripts to 130-250 CE and the Schøyen manuscripts to between the 1st and 5th centuries CE.

Deaths

• June 6 - Leslie Alcock, English archaeologist (b. 1925)^[12]
• August 2 - Richard Avent, British archaeologist, conservationist and civil servant (b. 1948)^[13]
• December 1 - Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist and McGill University professor (b. 1937)^[14]

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• Karnak
• Pompeii
• Mayapan - recent excavations, near cenote wells.

Notes and References

1. Web site: McMahon. Barbara. Italian 'tomb raider' reveals burial chamber. The Observer. 22 December 2017. 18 June 2006.
2. Web site: Final coffin opened in Egyptian chamber. https://web.archive.org/web/20130405071656/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13597524/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/final-coffin-opened-egyptian-chamber. dead. April 5, 2013. msnbc.com. 10 January 2018. en. 28 June 2006.
3. Web site: Tombs of Pre-Inca Elite Discovered Under Peru Pyramid. https://web.archive.org/web/20061201173527/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061127-peru-tombs.html. dead. December 1, 2006. news.nationalgeographic.com. 22 December 2017.
4. Web site: Tombs of Pre-Inca Elite Discovered Under Peru Pyramid. https://web.archive.org/web/20061201173527/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061127-peru-tombs.html. dead. December 1, 2006. news.nationalgeographic.com. 22 December 2017.
5. Web site: 1200-year-old prayer book discovered in bog. www.smh.com.au. 26 July 2006 . 2018-03-01. en.
6. Web site: Record ID: BUC-5D0980 - Iron Age coin hoard. The Portable Antiquities Scheme. 2018-03-01. en.
7. News: What lies beneath. The Irish Times. 2018-03-01.
8. News: Ancient body prompts new theories. BBC News. 2006-12-01. 2024-07-14.
9. Web site: Significant Clue to Leith's History Found in Pilrig Park. EdinburghGuide.com. Alstead Media. 2006-12-13. 2019-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190706191619/http://www.edinburghguide.com/story/architecture/2. 2019-07-06. dead.
10. Web site: Birthday honours: list in full. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/birthday-honours-list-in-full-6097967.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription. The Independent. 14 January 2018. 17 June 2006.
11. Woolf. Alex. 2006. Dén Nechtain, Fortriu and the geography of the Picts. The Scottish Historical Review. 85. 2 . 182–201. 10.3366/shr.2007.0029. 161978981 .
12. Web site: Lane. Alan. Leslie Alcock. The Guardian. 30 May 2017. 23 June 2006.
13. Web site: Wakelin . Peter . 2006-08-25 . Obituary: Richard Avent . 2022-08-26 . the Guardian . en.
14. Web site: Antiquity Journal. www.antiquity.ac.uk. 13 March 2017.