Spring – Excavation of unused British escape tunnel "George" (c. September 1944) at the site of the
Stalag Luft III camp in
Żagań (present-day
Poland) by a British team.[2]
Robert Van De Noort – North Sea Archaeologies: a maritime biography 10,000 BC–AD 1500 (Oxford University Press).[5]
February 16 – Scientists from the
Natural History Museum publish[6] an analysis of
human skulls from 14,700 years
BP found at
Gough’s Cave in
Cheddar Gorge, England, around 1987, which they believe were deliberately fashioned into ritual drinking
cups. Human bones butchered and discarded nearby also suggest the practice of
cannibalism.[7]
January 11 – An article in Journal of Archaeological Science reveals the discovery of the earliest known
winemaking equipment in caves in
Armenia, from 6,000 years BP.[9]
March 10 –
English archaeologists report finding one of the earliest complete
Neolithic pots in the country on a housing development in
Didcot. It is thought to be about 5,500 years old.[12]
March 25 – The discovery of the
Jordan Lead Codices, a series of
codices from a cave in Jordan, is announced. The books, which reportedly contain early Christian symbols are purportedly around 2,000 years old. The authenticity of the codices is doubted.[13][14]
November 28 – Joint
ICOMOS –
TICCIH Principles for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage Sites, Structures, Areas and Landscapes ("Dublin Principles") adopted by the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly meeting in Paris.[27]
Deaths
February 19 –
Anson Rainey, American-born author and Professor Emeritus of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Semitic Linguistics at
Tel Aviv University (born
1930).[28]
Spring – Excavation of unused British escape tunnel "George" (c. September 1944) at the site of the
Stalag Luft III camp in
Żagań (present-day
Poland) by a British team.[2]
Robert Van De Noort – North Sea Archaeologies: a maritime biography 10,000 BC–AD 1500 (Oxford University Press).[5]
February 16 – Scientists from the
Natural History Museum publish[6] an analysis of
human skulls from 14,700 years
BP found at
Gough’s Cave in
Cheddar Gorge, England, around 1987, which they believe were deliberately fashioned into ritual drinking
cups. Human bones butchered and discarded nearby also suggest the practice of
cannibalism.[7]
January 11 – An article in Journal of Archaeological Science reveals the discovery of the earliest known
winemaking equipment in caves in
Armenia, from 6,000 years BP.[9]
March 10 –
English archaeologists report finding one of the earliest complete
Neolithic pots in the country on a housing development in
Didcot. It is thought to be about 5,500 years old.[12]
March 25 – The discovery of the
Jordan Lead Codices, a series of
codices from a cave in Jordan, is announced. The books, which reportedly contain early Christian symbols are purportedly around 2,000 years old. The authenticity of the codices is doubted.[13][14]
November 28 – Joint
ICOMOS –
TICCIH Principles for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage Sites, Structures, Areas and Landscapes ("Dublin Principles") adopted by the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly meeting in Paris.[27]
Deaths
February 19 –
Anson Rainey, American-born author and Professor Emeritus of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Semitic Linguistics at
Tel Aviv University (born
1930).[28]