2007 in archaeology

2007 in archaeology

The year 2007 in archaeology

Explorations

Excavations

*South China Sea shipwrecks

Publications

Finds

* 15 January: A Jeulmun Pottery Period pit burial containing the c. 2000 BC skeletons of two humans in a death embrace at the Ando-ri Site in Yeosu, South Korea. [http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ekp/news/200703-Ando01-Kwangju.htm Early Korea Project News (English).] [http://news.media.daum.net/culture/art/200703/27/yonhap/v16190759.html Daum and Yeonhap (Korean).]
* 16 January: A fossilized human skull found at Pestera cu Oase, Romania, is dated to be about 35,000 years old and described to have features of mixed origin, both from modern "Homo Sapiens" and older branches of the "Homo" genus. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6268777.stm (BBCNews)]
*19 July: Harrogate hoard, found in January, reported.
*3 August: Mexican archaeologists announce discovery of what is believed to be the tomb of Aztec emperor Ahuitzotl. [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-mexico-aztec-tomb-summary-box,0,1155875.story Associated Press]
*Rehov beehives, Israel
*Spartia temple, Greece

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