2021 in archaeology

This page lists major events of 2021 in archaeology.

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Excavations

• January 29 – The Herculaneum Conservation Project announces it will begin excavations of a beach where 300 skeletons of victims from the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79 CE have been discovered.[1]
• January 30 – Excavation of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery site in west Cambridge, England, is reported.[2]
• February 4 – Preliminary excavations on the intended site of the Stonehenge road tunnel in England have uncovered Bronze Age graves and neolithic pottery among other features, it is reported.[3]

Finds

• January
  • 2 – The Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) finds a two-meter sculpture of a prehispanic woman, possibly representing a government official, in a previously-known archaeological site in Hidalgo Amajac, Álamo, Veracruz, Mexico.[4]
  • 8 – Archaeologists from Israel Antiquities Authority announce the discovery of a tombstone dating back 1,400 years with a Greek inscription by an employee of the Parks and Nature Authority at Nitzana National Park in the Negev desert.[5][6]
  • 10 – A stash of four gold and 7,000 silver coins discovered in Újlengyel, Hungary, is dated back to the 16th century.[7]
  • 13 – Discovery of the earliest known painting of an animal, a life-size Celebes warty pig, from at least 45,000 years BP, in a cave in South Sulawesi (Indonesia) located by an Australian-led team is announced.[8]
  • 14 – Discovery of the graves of the Seljuk Sultan of Rum Kilij Arslan I and his daughter Saide Hatun's burial in Silvan, Diyarbakir is announced.[9]
  • 17 – Further discoveries at the Saqqara necropolis site in Egypt, including 50 wooden coffins and a royal funerary temple, made by a team under Zahi Hawass, are announced.[10]
  • 21 – Four shipwrecks, one dating to Roman times, are found near Kasos Island, Greece, in the Aegean Sea.[11]
  • 25 – Ruins of a wooden fort built by the Tlingit for use in the Battle of Sitka against Russian colonists in 1804 are found on Baranof Island, Alaska.[12]
  • 28 – Israeli archaeologists find ruins of a mosque in Tiberius that is believed to date from about 670 CE.[13]
  • 29 – 16 burials discovered in Taposiris Magna, Egypt, dated back to the Greek and Roman eras, some with gold leaf tongues, are reported.[14]

• February
  • 2 – Archaeologists from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announce the discovery of Ptolemaic period temple, a Roman fort and an early Coptic church and an inscription written in hieratic script at an archaeological site called Shiha Fort in Aswan.[15][16]

Deaths

• January 19 – Sinclair Hood, 103, British classical archaeologist (b. 1917)[17]
• January 29 – Beatriz Barba, 92, first woman to earn a degree in archaeology in Mexico, member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (b. 1928)[18]

See also

• List of years in archaeology

References

1. Squires, Nick. "Archaeologists to excavate ancient beach at Herculaneum, Roman town destroyed by Vesuvius eruption". news.yahoo.com. The Telegraph. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
2. Ferguson, Donna (2021-01-30). "'Find of the century': medieval hoard of treasures unearthed in Cambridge". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
3. Morris, Steven (2021-02-04). "Archaeologists unearth bronze age graves at Stonehenge tunnel site". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
4. Gómez, Eirinet (2021-01-08). "Prehispánica, escultura encontrada en Hidalgo Amajac: INAH". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
5. "Archaeologists find Byzantine tombstone inscribed 'Blessed Maria' in Israel". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
6. Gershon, Livia. "A Tombstone Inscribed in Ancient Greek Is Found in Southern Israel". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
7. "Hidden Treasure! Medieval Gold and Silver Coins Worth Sports Car Discovered On A Farm". Nature World News. 15 January 2021.
8. "World's oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia". The Hindu. Chennai. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
9. AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2021-01-13). "Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Kılıç Arslan I's grave found in SE Turkey". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
10. Agence France-Presse (2021-01-17). "50 ancient coffins uncovered at Egypt's Saqqara necropolis". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
11. Squires, Nick (January 21, 2021). "Marine archeologists discover ancient shipwrecks off island in the Aegean". news.yahoo.com. The Telegraph. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
12. Metcalfe, Tom (January 25, 2021). "'Lost' Indigenous fort built to repel Russia rediscovered in Alaska". NBC News. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
13. Ben Zion, Ilan (January 28, 2021). "By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque". news.yahoo.com. AP. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
14. "Egypt discovers 16 burials in Taposiris Magna Temple in western Alexandria". Egypt Today. 29 January 2021.
15. February 2021, Laura Geggel-Editor 02. "Ruins of ancient church and temple discovered in Egypt". livescience.com. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
16. "Ruins Of Ancient Ptolemaic Temple Discovered In Egypt - Greek City Times". Retrieved 2021-02-05.
17. Ανδρικακης, Αλεκος (2021-01-19). "Sinclair Hood". Candia Doc (in Greek).
18. "Muere Beatriz Barba Ahuatzin, la primera arqueóloga de México". milenio.com (in Spanish). Milenio Digital. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.

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