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* Robert Van De Noort - ''North Sea Archaeologies: a maritime biography 10,000 BC–AD 1500'' (Oxford University Press). |
* Robert Van De Noort - ''North Sea Archaeologies: a maritime biography 10,000 BC–AD 1500'' (Oxford University Press). |
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* February 16 - Scientists from the [[Natural History Museum]] publish<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bello, Silvia M. ''et al.''|title=Earliest Directly-Dated Human Skull-Cups|url=http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017026|journal=[[PLoS ONE]]|month=February|year=2011|accessdate=2011-02-17}}</ref> an analysis of [[human skull]]s from 14,700 years [[Before Present|BP]] found at [[Gough’s Cave]] in [[Cheddar Gorge]], England, around 1987, which they believe were deliberately fashioned into ritual drinking [[Skull cup|cup]]s. Human bones butchered and discarded nearby also suggest the practice of [[cannibalism]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Jonathan|last=Amos|title=Ancient Britons 'drank from skulls'|work=BBC News|date=2011-02-16|accessdate=2011-02-17}}</ref> |
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==Finds== |
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*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 |
*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.<ref>{{cite web|title='Oldest known wine-making facility' found in Armenia|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12158341|work=BBC News|date=2011-01-11|accessdate=2011-01-11}}</ref> |
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*February 11 - [[Marine archaeologist]]s from the [[United States]] [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] announce the discovery of artefacts from the [[whaling ship]] ''[[Two Brothers (ship)|Two Brothers]]'' which sank off the [[French Frigate Shoals]] [[atoll]] in the [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]] on February 11, 1823 under Captain [[George Pollard, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite news|title=No ‘Moby-Dick’: A Real Captain, Twice Doomed|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/science/11shipwreck.html?_r=1&hp|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=February 11, 2011|accessdate=2011-02-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Moby Dick' captain's ship found|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12439656|work=BBC News|date=2011-02-12|accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref> |
*February 11 - [[Marine archaeologist]]s from the [[United States]] [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] announce the discovery of artefacts from the [[whaling ship]] ''[[Two Brothers (ship)|Two Brothers]]'' which sank off the [[French Frigate Shoals]] [[atoll]] in the [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]] on February 11, 1823 under Captain [[George Pollard, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite news|title=No ‘Moby-Dick’: A Real Captain, Twice Doomed|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/science/11shipwreck.html?_r=1&hp|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=February 11, 2011|accessdate=2011-02-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Moby Dick' captain's ship found|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12439656|work=BBC News|date=2011-02-12|accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref> |
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The year 2011 in archaeology
Explorations
- January: Teams commence a survey of the World War II Auxiliary Units headquarters site at Coleshill on the Oxfordshire/Wiltshire border in England.[1]
Excavations
- 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]
Publications
- Robert Van De Noort - North Sea Archaeologies: a maritime biography 10,000 BC–AD 1500 (Oxford University Press).
- February 16 - Scientists from the Natural History Museum publish[3] 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.[4]
Finds
- 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.[5]
- February 11 - Marine archaeologists from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announce the discovery of artefacts from the whaling ship Two Brothers which sank off the French Frigate Shoals atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands on February 11, 1823 under Captain George Pollard, Jr.[6][7]
Awards
Miscellaneous
- February 11 - The Pergamon Museum in Berlin stages a major exhibition of reconstructed Neo-Hittite sculpture and other material from Max von Oppenheim's collection (largely destroyed in 1943).[8]
Deaths
References
- ^ "Archaeologists survey Churchill's secret headquarters". BBC News. 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Robb, Stephen (2011-01-19). "By George! Fourth Great Escape tunnel to be excavated". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ Bello, Silvia M.; et al. (2011). "Earliest Directly-Dated Human Skull-Cups". PLoS ONE. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Amos, Jonathan (2011-02-16). "Ancient Britons 'drank from skulls'". BBC News.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "'Oldest known wine-making facility' found in Armenia". BBC News. 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ "No 'Moby-Dick': A Real Captain, Twice Doomed". New York Times. February 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ "'Moby Dick' captain's ship found". BBC News. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ Schultz, Matthias (28 January 2011). "The Spectacular Life and Finds of Max von Oppenheim". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2011-02-02.