2013 in archaeology

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The year 2013 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

May
- Excavations conducted at the Sobibór Museum in Poland unearth an escape tunnel made by victims of the Holocaust in the Sobibor extermination camp.^[1]
- Excavation of Portuguese carrack Esmeralda, wrecked off the coast of Oman in 1503, by David Mearns begins.^[2]
Excavation of abandoned Bradford Park Avenue football stadium in England begins.^[3]
Excavation and recording of the large-scale military terrain model of the Battle of Messines (1917) on Cannock Chase in England is conducted.^[4]

Exploration

September - Service tunnel network beneath Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, Italy.

Finds

February 4 - DNA evidence confirms that bones found in 2012 at the site of Greyfriars, Leicester, are those of King Richard III of England (k. 1485).^[5]
May - Happisburgh footprints, the oldest hominin footprints outside of Africa, dating to more than 800,000 years ago, are discovered on the beach at Happisburgh, Norfolk, England.^[6]
June - Chactún, a Mayan ruin, is discovered in Campeche, Mexico.^[7]
July - A substantial and well-preserved section of the Willington Waggonway, an 18th century wooden railway on Tyneside in England, is found.^[8]
August - A 500-kg bronze statue of Apollo is found by Palestinian fisherman Joudat Ghrab.^[9] Dated between the 5th and the 1st century BC, the statue is seized by Hamas officials after briefly appearing on eBay.^[9]
November - The Seaton Down Hoard of 22,888 Roman coins is found by metal detectorists in Devon, England.^[10]

Events

A wreck found off the coast of modern-day Sweden is identified as the Danish flagship Gribshunden (sank 1495).^[11]
Experimental archaeology: Construction of Campus Galli, a replica Carolingian monastic community in Meßkirch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, according to period techniques, begins.

Deaths

24 June: Mick Aston, English archaeologist notable for his work with Time Team (b. 1946)^[12]

References

^ "Próba ucieczki z obozu zagłady. Odkryli nieznany tunel w Sobiborze". Wiadomości lokalne. Gazeta Wyborcza. 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
^ Mearns, David L.; Parham, David; Frohlich, Bruno (2016-03-14). "A Portuguese East Indiaman from the 1502–1503 Fleet of Vasco da Gama off Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman: an interim report" (PDF). International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 46 (2): 331–350. doi:10.1111/1095-9270.12175.
^ "Breaking Ground: Art, Archaeology and Mythology". Manchester: National Football Museum. 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
^ Brown, M.; Nichol, K. (2014). Messines Model, Cannock Chase, Staffordhire: Excavation and Survey 2013. No Man's Land for Staffordshire County Council.
^ "Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king". BBC News. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
^ Ghosh, Pallab (2014-02-07). "Earliest footprints outside Africa discovered in Norfolk". BBC News. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
^ Gannon, Megan (2013-06-20). "Ruins of Maya City Discovered in Remote Jungle". Live Science. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
^ Bell, Dominique. "The Willington Waggonway Research Programme". Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
^ ^a ^b "'Priceless' bronze statue of Greek god Apollo found in Gaza Strip". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
^ Press Association (2014-09-26). "Roman coin hoard, one of the largest found in UK, unearthed by builder". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
^ Warming, Rolf (2015-07-01). "Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations". Society for Combat Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
^ Dyer, Christopher (25 June 2013). "Mick Aston obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

[1] "Próba ucieczki z obozu zagłady. Odkryli nieznany tunel w Sobiborze". Wiadomości lokalne. Gazeta Wyborcza. 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-06-11.

[2] Mearns, David L.; Parham, David; Frohlich, Bruno (2016-03-14). "A Portuguese East Indiaman from the 1502–1503 Fleet of Vasco da Gama off Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman: an interim report" (PDF). International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 46 (2): 331–350. doi:10.1111/1095-9270.12175.

[3] "Breaking Ground: Art, Archaeology and Mythology". Manchester: National Football Museum. 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-16.

[4] Brown, M.; Nichol, K. (2014). Messines Model, Cannock Chase, Staffordhire: Excavation and Survey 2013. No Man's Land for Staffordshire County Council.

[5] "Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king". BBC News. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-02-04.

[6] Ghosh, Pallab (2014-02-07). "Earliest footprints outside Africa discovered in Norfolk". BBC News. Retrieved 2014-02-07.

[7] Gannon, Megan (2013-06-20). "Ruins of Maya City Discovered in Remote Jungle". Live Science. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

[8] Bell, Dominique. "The Willington Waggonway Research Programme". Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. Retrieved 2018-07-15.

[guardian-9] "'Priceless' bronze statue of Greek god Apollo found in Gaza Strip". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2014-02-12.

[10] Press Association (2014-09-26). "Roman coin hoard, one of the largest found in UK, unearthed by builder". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2019-05-28.

[11] Warming, Rolf (2015-07-01). "Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations". Society for Combat Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-21.

[12] Dyer, Christopher (25 June 2013). "Mick Aston obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

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