The year 1987 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations Amnya complex (from 6100 BCE) found and first excavated in Siberia. Wreck of (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
Finds June 20 - Arkaim in Southern Ural. 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. 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.
Publications
Events December 8 - Chaco Culture National Historical Park is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Births
Deaths August 12 - Crystal Bennett, British archaeologist of Jordan (b. 1918)
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