1. Explorations

2. Excavations

3. Finds

4. Publications

5. Awards

6. Events

7. Deaths

8. See also

9. References

The year 2006 in archaeology includes the following significant events.

Explorations

• Tomb of the Roaring Lions^[1]

Excavations

• KV63 - the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.^[2]
• Ancient pre-Inca pet cemetery dated to the Chiribaya culture found south of Lima, Peru.^[3]
• Ancient pre-Inca tombs complex dated to Middle Sican culture discovered under the Huaca Loro pyramid in Peru; 12 ceremonial tumi knives found.^[4]
• Portions of Timișoara Fortress in Romania.

Finds

• July - The Faddan More Psalter, a devotional book, is found in a peat bog in Ireland, where it has been buried for approximately 1200 years.^[5]
• December
  • Little Horwood Hoard of Iron Age gold staters from Buckinghamshire, England.^[6]
  • River Boyne shipwreck of 1530s found off Drogheda in Ireland.^[7]

Publications

• Steve Burrow - The Tomb-builders in Wales 4000-3000 BC {{ISBN|9780720005684}}
• Andrea Carandini - Remo e Romolo: Dai rioni dei Quiriti alla città dei Romani (775/750 - 700/675 a.C. circa) {{ISBN|9788806180652}} and La leggenda di Roma {{ISBN|9788804634973}}
• Gwyn Davies - Roman Siege Works {{ISBN|9780752428970}}
• Jürg Eggler & Othmar Keel - Corpus der Siegel-Amulette aus Jordanien: vom Neolithikum bis zur Perserzeit {{ISBN|9783525530146}}
• Lars Fogelin - Archaeology of Early Buddhism {{ISBN|9780759107502}}
• Matthew Johnson - Ideas of Landscape {{ISBN|9781405178334}}
• Chris Stringer - Homo Britannicus: the Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain {{ISBN|9780713997958}}

Awards

• June - Barry Cunliffe knighted.^[8]

Events

• The Kharosti scrolls, the oldest collection of Buddhist manuscripts in the world, are radiocarbon-dated by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The group confirms the initial dating of the Senior manuscripts to 130-250 CE and the Schøyen manuscripts to between the 1st and 5th centuries CE.
• 30th anniversary of the founding of the modern Korean Archaeological Society.

Deaths

• June 6 - Leslie Alcock, English archaeologist (b. 1925)^[9]
• December 1 - Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist and McGill University professor (b. 1937)^[10]

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• Karnak
• Pompeii
• Mayapan - recent excavations, near cenote wells.

References

• Fama-MacBeth regression
• Fama, Mali
• Fama, Minas Gerais
• FAMAR
• Famars
• FAMAS (award)
• FAMAS Award for Best Director
• FAMAS Award for Best Picture
• FAMAS (disambiguation)
• FAMAT
• Famatanca
• Fama (Tejano band)
• Famatina Tuco-tuco
• Famatina tuco-tuco
• Famatinolithus
• Fama–French three-factor model
• Fambare
• Fambaré Natchaba Ouattara
• F.A.M. Browning
• F. A. McKenzie
• FAM Cup League Malaysia
• Famcyclovir
• Famcylovir
• FAM (disambiguation)
• Fame (2009 film)