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* May - The oldest Mayan [[astronomical calendar]] discovered so far, from the 9th century, is reported from [[Xultun]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Maya art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18018343|work=BBC News|date=2012-05-10|accessdate=2012-12-27}}</ref> |
* May - The oldest Mayan [[astronomical calendar]] discovered so far, from the 9th century, is reported from [[Xultun]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Maya art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18018343|work=BBC News|date=2012-05-10|accessdate=2012-12-27}}</ref> |
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* May 9 - Archaeologists announce discovery on [[The Burren]] in [[Ireland]] of evidence of settlement from 6000 BCE.<ref>{{cite news|title=6,000-year-old settlement poses tsunami mystery|first=Andrew|last=Hamilton|date=2012-05-09|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/6000-year-old-settlement-poses-tsunami-mystery-193230.html|newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]]|location=Cork|accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref> |
* May 9 - Archaeologists announce discovery on [[The Burren]] in [[Ireland]] of evidence of settlement from 6000 BCE.<ref>{{cite news|title=6,000-year-old settlement poses tsunami mystery|first=Andrew|last=Hamilton|date=2012-05-09|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/6000-year-old-settlement-poses-tsunami-mystery-193230.html|newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]]|location=Cork|accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref> |
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* May 19 - The [[National Trust for Scotland]] announce that the first [[Bullaun stone|cursing stone]] to be found in the country, dated to circa 800, was discovered on [[Canna, Scotland|Canna]]<ref name="BBCCanna">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-18130259|title='Cursing stone' found on Isle of Canna|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=20 May 2012}}</ref> |
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* May 22 - The [[Bedale Hoard]], a hoard of forty-eight [[silver]] and [[gold]] items dating from the late 9th to early 10th century AD is discovered in a field near [[Bedale, North Yorkshire|Bedale]], [[North Yorkshire]] by [[Metal detector|metal detectorists]].<ref name='NorthernEcho'>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11664045.Viking_hoard_revealed_in_all_its_beauty/|title=Viking Hoard revealed in all its beauty|publisher=Northern Echo|date=12 December 2014|accessdate=15 December 2014}}</ref> |
* May 22 - The [[Bedale Hoard]], a hoard of forty-eight [[silver]] and [[gold]] items dating from the late 9th to early 10th century AD is discovered in a field near [[Bedale, North Yorkshire|Bedale]], [[North Yorkshire]] by [[Metal detector|metal detectorists]].<ref name='NorthernEcho'>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11664045.Viking_hoard_revealed_in_all_its_beauty/|title=Viking Hoard revealed in all its beauty|publisher=Northern Echo|date=12 December 2014|accessdate=15 December 2014}}</ref> |
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* June 25 - In the [[Channel Islands|Channel Island]] of [[Jersey]], the discovery of the [[Grouville Hoard]] of an estimated 30,000 – 50,000 [[Roman Empire|Roman]] and [[Celts|Celtic]] coins by [[metal detectorist]]s is announced.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roman and Celtic coin hoard worth up to £10m found in Jersey|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-18579868|work=BBC News|date=2012-06-25|accessdate=2012-06-25}}</ref> |
* June 25 - In the [[Channel Islands|Channel Island]] of [[Jersey]], the discovery of the [[Grouville Hoard]] of an estimated 30,000 – 50,000 [[Roman Empire|Roman]] and [[Celts|Celtic]] coins by [[metal detectorist]]s is announced.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roman and Celtic coin hoard worth up to £10m found in Jersey|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-18579868|work=BBC News|date=2012-06-25|accessdate=2012-06-25}}</ref> |
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The year 2012 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- January - Discovery of a first-century farmhouse on the building site of the new stadium in the south of Marseille.[1]
Excavations
- June 6 - Excavators from Museum of London Archaeology announce that they have uncovered the remains of the Elizabethan Curtain Theatre in Shoreditch.[2][3]
- August 24 - The University of Leicester Archaeological Services and Leicester City Council, in association with the Richard III Society, announce that they have joined forces to begin a search for the site of Greyfriars, Leicester, burial place of King Richard III of England.[4][5] On September 5 the excavators announce that they have identified the church.[6][7] and on September 12 it is announced that a skeleton discovered during the search could have been that of Richard III,[8] a supposition confirmed in 2013.[9]
- October - Remains of substantial Mesolithic buildings are identified in Britain at Echline in Scotland,[10] Lunt Meadows at Sefton, Merseyside[11] and from new investigations at Starr Carr in North Yorkshire.[12]
- December - Archaeologists complete excavation of a 900-seat Athenaeum from the time of the Emperor Hadrian in Rome discovered during work on a Metro line at Piazza Venezia.[13]
- Excavation of working-class back-to-back houses from the Industrial Revolution period at Chapel Street in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.[14]
- Excavations at Holt Castle in Wales begin.
Finds
- Discovery of a rock inscription confirming the existence of Iry-Hor, the earliest ruler of Egypt known by name.[15]
- January
- February 17 - Alabaster colossus of pharaoh Amenhotep III is discovered.[19]
- March - Discovery of an inscribed doorjamb at Karnak giving the hitherto unknown titulary of pharaoh Senakhtenre Ahmose.[20]
- March - A 7th century grave near Cambridge in England provides an early example of the transition from pagan Anglo-Saxon to Christian burial practices.[21]
- March 30 - In Georgia, archeologists report unearthing jars containing what they believe to be the world's oldest honey.[22]
- May - The oldest Mayan astronomical calendar discovered so far, from the 9th century, is reported from Xultun.[23]
- May 9 - Archaeologists announce discovery on The Burren in Ireland of evidence of settlement from 6000 BCE.[24]
- May 19 - The National Trust for Scotland announce that the first cursing stone to be found in the country, dated to circa 800, was discovered on Canna[25]
- May 22 - The Bedale Hoard, a hoard of forty-eight silver and gold items dating from the late 9th to early 10th century AD is discovered in a field near Bedale, North Yorkshire by metal detectorists.[26]
- June 25 - In the Channel Island of Jersey, the discovery of the Grouville Hoard of an estimated 30,000 – 50,000 Roman and Celtic coins by metal detectorists is announced.[27]
- July
- Discovery of 15th century underwear at Lengberg Castle in Austria is confirmed.[28][29]
- The wreck of the polar expedition ship Terra Nova is discovered off Greenland by the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor.[30][31]
- September - A beeswax filling is discovered in the cracked tooth of a Neolithic man in Slovenia.[32]
- October - In Jersey, the Trinity Hoard of Bronze Age tools and weapons is discovered.[33]
- November - 2,400-year-old golden treasure near the Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari, Bulgaria.[34]
- December - Discovery near Canterbury, England, of a 1st-century Iron Age bronze helmet containing a bag of cremated human remains is announced.[35][36]
Events
- February - Completion of whole genome sequencing on Ötzi (d. c.3255 BCE) identifies his paternal DNA with Sardinia.[37]
- July - Mausoleums and a mosque in Timbuktu (Mali) are deliberately attacked by rebels, a war crime for which Ahmad al-Mahdi in 2016 pleads guilty before the International Criminal Court.[38]
Deaths
- July 19: Brian Dobson, British archaeologist notable for work on Hadrian's Wall and the Roman Army (b. 1931)[39]
- July 29: James Mellaart, British archaeologist. (b. 1925)[40]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.laprovence.com/article/actualites/2231432/marseille-une-ferme-du-ier-siecle-au-pied-du-velodrome.html
- ^ "Remains of Shakespeare's Curtain Theatre discovered in Shoreditch" (Press release). Museum of London Archaeology. 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
- ^ Kennedy, Maev (2012-06-05). "Shakespeare's Curtain theatre unearthed in east London". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
- ^ "Historic search for King Richard III begins in Leicester". University of Leicester. 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Hunt for Richard III's remains under car park". ABC News (Australia). 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Researchers find strong evidence for medieval church in Leicester where monarch was buried". University of Leicester. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Search for Richard III confirms that remains are the long-lost Church of the Grey Friars". University of Leicester. 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Richard III dig: 'Strong evidence' bones are lost king". BBC News. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king". BBC News. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ "Scottish dig unearths '10,000-year-old home' at Echline". BBC News. 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Significant archaeological discovery confirms Environment Agency habitat restoration work". Environment Agency. 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ Conneller, Chantal; et al. (December 2012). "Substantial settlement in the European Early Mesolithic: new research at Star Carr". Antiquity. 86 (334): 1004–1020. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00048213.
- ^ Kington, Tom (2012-12-26). "Hadrian's hall: archaeologists finish excavation of Roman arts centre". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
- ^ Nevell, Mike (2012-12-25). "Excavating Engels". archaeologyuos. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- ^ P. Tallet, D. Laisnay: Iry-Hor et Narmer au Sud-Sinaï (Ouadi 'Ameyra), un complément à la chronologie des expéditios minière égyptiene, in: BIFAO 112 (2012), 381-395, available online
- ^ "Study suggests ancient Peruvians 'ate popcorn'". BBC News. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ Zagorevski1, Dmitri V.; Loughmiller-Newman, Jennifer A. (January 2012). "The detection of nicotine in a Late Mayan period flask by gas chromatography and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry methods". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 26 (4). doi:10.1002/rcm.5339. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hildebrandt, Sybille (2012-02-03). "Vikings grew barley in Greenland". ScienceNordic. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Armenian archeologist finds colossus of pharaoh Amenhotep III". News.am. 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ^ Sébastien Biston-Moulin: Le roi Sénakht-en-Rê Ahmès de la XVIIe dynastie, ENiM 5, 2012, p. 61-71, available online.
- ^ "Anglo-Saxon Christian grave find near Cambridge 'extremely rare'". BBC News. 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ Lomsadze, Giorgi (2012-03-30). "Report: Georgia Unearths the World's Oldest Honey". Eurasianet.org. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ^ "Maya art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists". BBC News. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ Hamilton, Andrew (2012-05-09). "6,000-year-old settlement poses tsunami mystery". Irish Examiner. Cork. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ "'Cursing stone' found on Isle of Canna". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Viking Hoard revealed in all its beauty". Northern Echo. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ "Roman and Celtic coin hoard worth up to £10m found in Jersey". BBC News. 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ^ Basckin, Deborah (2012-07-30). "Underwear dating back to the 15th Century found in Austrian castle". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Medieval lingerie from Lengberg Castle, East-Tyrol". Universität Innsbruck. 2012-07-23. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Polar Expedition Vessel S.S. Terra Nova Discovered". 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Rincon, Paul (2012-08-16). "Scott's wrecked ship Terra Nova found off Greenland". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ^ Bernardini, Federico; et al. (2012-09-19). "Beeswax as Dental Filling on a Neolithic Human Tooth". PLOS ONE. 7 (9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044904. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "News, Weather & Information for the Channel Islands - Bronze Age axe heads discovered". channelonline.tv. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- ^ "Thracian Gold Treasure Discovered in Bulgaria". National Geographic. Washington, D.C. 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- ^ "Iron Age bronze helmet found on Canterbury farmland". BBC News. 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "A Late Iron Age helmet found near Canterbury". Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ Palmer, Jason (2012-02-28). "Oetzi the Iceman's nuclear genome gives new insights". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ "Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi: The vandal of Timbuktu". BBC News. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Lives Remembered: Brian Dobson". The Independent. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "James Mellaart". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2017.