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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)