1987 in archaeology

Last updated July 07, 2025

The year 1987 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

Amnya complex (from 6100 BCE) found and first excavated in Siberia.
Wreck of SS Elbe (1881) (sank 1895) located and excavated off the coast of the Netherlands.
Gaziantep Museum excavations at Zeugma.
Excavation at Taur Ikhbeineh, an Early Bronze Age settlement in the Gaza Strip, led by Eliezer Oren and Yekutieli Yuval of Ben Gurion University^[1]

Finds

June 20 - Arkaim in Southern Ural.^[2]
Hoards from Milton Keynes and surrounding area of Buckinghamshire, England: coins from Little Brickhill and Walton.
Skeleton of a woman dating from over 4,250 years ago found in Achavanich, a megalithic structure in Caithness, Scotland.^[3]
Dufuna canoe, the oldest known boat outside Europe, found in Nigeria.
The Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the earliest known calendar-dated document (900) in the Philippines, is found.^[4]

Publications

Harding, A. F (1987). Henge Monuments and Related Sites of Great Britain: air photographic evidence and catalogue. BAR British series. Oxford: BAR. ISBN 0-86054-470-2.
Renfrew, Colin (1988). Archaeology and Language: the puzzle of Indo-European origins. London: Cape. ISBN 0-224-02495-7.
Merrifield, Ralph (1987). The Archaeology of Ritual and Magic . London: Guild Publishing. ISBN 0-7134-4870-9.

Events

December 8 - Chaco Culture National Historical Park is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[5]

Births

Deaths

August 12 - Crystal Bennett, British archaeologist of Jordan (b. 1918)^[6]

References

↑ Oren, Eliezer D.; Yekutieli, Yuval (1992). "Taur Ikhbeineh: Earliest Evidence for Egyptian Interconnections". In van den Brink, Edwin C. M. (ed.). The Nile Delta in Transition: 4th–3rd Millennium B.C. Tel Aviv: Israel Exploration Society. p. 361.
↑ Shnirelman, Victor A. (1998). "Archaeology and ethnic politics: the discovery of Arkaim". Museum International. 50 (2). UNESCO; Blackwell Publishers: 33–39. doi:10.1111/1468-0033.00146. ISSN 1350-0775.
↑ McKenzie, Steven (3 December 2018). "Giving life to 4,000-year-old Ava". BBC News. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
↑ Chua, Xiao (May 28, 2013). "KAHALAGAHAN NG LAGUNA COPPERPLATE AT IKA-400 TAON NG VOCABULARIO NI SAN BUENAVENTURA". It's Xiaotime!. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
↑ Patin, Thomas (2012). Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks. U of Minnesota Press. p. 288. ISBN 9780816651450.
↑ "Women in Old World Archaeology". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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[1] Oren, Eliezer D.; Yekutieli, Yuval (1992). "Taur Ikhbeineh: Earliest Evidence for Egyptian Interconnections". In van den Brink, Edwin C. M. (ed.). The Nile Delta in Transition: 4th–3rd Millennium B.C. Tel Aviv: Israel Exploration Society. p. 361.

[2] Shnirelman, Victor A. (1998). "Archaeology and ethnic politics: the discovery of Arkaim". Museum International. 50 (2). UNESCO; Blackwell Publishers: 33–39. doi:10.1111/1468-0033.00146. ISSN 1350-0775.

[3] McKenzie, Steven (3 December 2018). "Giving life to 4,000-year-old Ava". BBC News. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[4] Chua, Xiao (May 28, 2013). "KAHALAGAHAN NG LAGUNA COPPERPLATE AT IKA-400 TAON NG VOCABULARIO NI SAN BUENAVENTURA". It's Xiaotime!. Retrieved April 21, 2025.

[5] Patin, Thomas (2012). Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks. U of Minnesota Press. p. 288. ISBN 9780816651450.

[6] "Women in Old World Archaeology". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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