2016 in archaeology explained

This page lists major archaeological events of 2016.

Excavations

Finds

Events

Deaths

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great Ryburgh dig finds 81 'rare' Anglo-Saxon coffins. BBC News. BBC. 2016-11-16. 2016-11-16.
  2. Web site: Bronze Age houses uncovered in Cambridgeshire 'best ever'. BBC News. 2016-01-12. 2016-01-12.
  3. Web site: Bronze Age wheel at 'British Pompeii' Must Farm an 'unprecedented find'. BBC News. 2016-02-19. 2016-02-19.
  4. News: Roman villa unearthed 'by chance' in Wiltshire garden. BBC News. 2016-04-17. 2016-04-17.
  5. Web site: Bedeutende bronzezeitliche Stadt im Nordirak entdeckt. University of Tübingen. German. 2016-11-03. 2016-11-07.
  6. News: Egypt ancient city unearthed by archaeologists. BBC News. 2016-11-24. 2016-11-24.
  7. Web site: Thornton Abbey Black Death plague pit excavated. BBC News. 2016-11-30. 2016-11-30.
  8. Web site: Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea. New Scientist. London. 2016-10-20. 2017-09-16. Andy. Coghlan.
  9. Web site: House of Wessex Anglo-Saxon building opens. BBC News. 2019-11-28. 2019-11-29.
  10. News: Dalya. Alberge. 3 rare bronze age burial site lay undisturbed 'for millennia'. The Observer. London. 2016-03-13. 2016-10-04.
  11. News: German WWI warships rediscovered in Portsmouth Harbour after lying forgotten for decades. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/german-imperial-navy-wwi-world-war-one-battleships-warships-portsmouth-harbour-archaeology-a6951241.html . 2022-05-01 . subscription . live. David. Keys. David Keys (author). The Independent. London. 2016-03-24. 2016-04-15.
  12. News: UK's oldest hand-written document at Roman London dig. BBC News. BBC. 2016-06-01. 2016-06-01.
  13. Web site: Evidence points to earliest Anglo-Saxon monastery - Durham University. www.dur.ac.uk. 16 May 2017. en.
  14. Web site: Exquisitely-preserved wolf pup mummy discovered in Yukon permafrost. Harry. Baker. Live Science. 2020-12-21. 2020-12-22.
  15. News: Dalya. Alberge. 3,000-year-old flower found in burial hoard. The Guardian. London. 2016-10-01. 2016-10-04. 13.
  16. Web site: Unlikely Tip Leads to Discovery of Historic Shipwreck. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018222211/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/09/mysterious-mosaic-alexander-the-great-israel/shipwreck-discovered-hms-terror-franklin-arctic-canada/. dead. October 18, 2016. Pringle. Heather. 2016-06-13. National Geographic. 2017-04-10.
  17. Web site: Trovate quattro monete Romane in un castello medievale in Giappone. Il Fatto. Storico. 28 September 2016. 26 March 2023.
  18. News: Great Mystery of the Great Lakes Is Solved: SS Clifton found 100 miles south of last known location in Lake Huron. Arden. Dier. Newser. 2017-09-22. 2017-10-31.
  19. Web site: Wreck of German U-boat found off coast of Stranraer. BBC News. 2016-10-19. 2016-10-19.
  20. News: Kennedy. Maev. Detectorists strike gold 20 years after leaving field empty-handed. 2017-02-28. The Guardian. 2017-02-28.
  21. News: Mystery shipwrecks added to England's national heritage list. Esther. Addley. 2021-02-04. The Guardian. 2021-02-04.
  22. News: Largest Iron Age monument found at Skipsea Castle. BBC News. 2016-10-03. 2016-10-04.
  23. Web site: María Rostworowski obituary. The Guardian. 19 December 2016. 6 April 2016.
  24. Web site: Stanley South Student Archaeological Research Fund. University of South Carolina. 30 May 2017. en.
  25. Web site: Fowler. Peter. Charles Thomas obituary. The Guardian. 25 August 2017. 8 May 2016.
  26. News: Beatrice de Cardi, archaeologist – obituary. The Telegraph. 6 July 2016 . 16 May 2017.
  27. Web site: In Memoriam Don Brothwell - Archaeology, The University of York. www.york.ac.uk. 7 June 2017. EN. 10 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170410213641/https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/in-memoriam-don-brothwell/. dead.