This page lists major archaeological events of 2016.
Excavationsedit
January–June – 81 Anglo-Saxon wooden coffin Christian burials of the 7th/9th centuries are excavated in an unusually well-preserved state at Great Ryburgh in Norfolk, England.[1]
February 19 – Announcement of the discovery and excavation of a largely complete wheel at Must Farm Bronze Age settlement.[3]
April 17 – Announcement of the discovery and initial excavations of an exceptionally large Roman villa, well-preserved, at Brixton Deverill in Wiltshire, England.[4]
Ancient Black Sea shipwrecks – The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project is initiated; within a few months it locates and investigates 41 shipwrecks off the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea, some dating date back to Byzantine times.[8]
June 1 – Archaeologists announce identification of one of the Roman Bloomberg tablets found during 2010–13 excavations in advance of construction of new Bloomberg London offices in the City of London as the oldest known hand-written document in the United Kingdom, dating back to 57 CE.[12]
^"Bronze Age houses uncovered in Cambridgeshire 'best ever'". BBC News. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
^"Bronze Age wheel at 'British Pompeii' Must Farm an 'unprecedented find'". BBC News. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
^"Roman villa unearthed 'by chance' in Wiltshire garden". BBC News. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
^"Bedeutende bronzezeitliche Stadt im Nordirak entdeckt" (in German). University of Tübingen. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
^"Egypt ancient city unearthed by archaeologists". BBC News. 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
^"Thornton Abbey Black Death plague pit excavated". BBC News. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
^Coghlan, Andy (2016-10-20). "Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea". New Scientist. London. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
^"House of Wessex Anglo-Saxon building opens". BBC News. 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
^Alberge, Dalya (2016-03-13). "3 rare bronze age burial site lay undisturbed 'for millennia'". The Observer. London. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
^Keys, David (2016-03-24). "German WWI warships rediscovered in Portsmouth Harbour after lying forgotten for decades". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
^"UK's oldest hand-written document at Roman London dig". BBC News. BBC. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
^"Evidence points to earliest Anglo-Saxon monastery - Durham University". www.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^Baker, Harry (2020-12-21). "Exquisitely-preserved wolf pup mummy discovered in Yukon permafrost". Live Science. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
^Alberge, Dalya (2016-10-01). "3,000-year-old flower found in burial hoard". The Guardian. London. p. 13. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
^Pringle, Heather (2016-06-13). "Unlikely Tip Leads to Discovery of Historic Shipwreck". National Geographic. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
^Storico, Il Fatto (28 September 2016). "Trovate quattro monete Romane in un castello medievale in Giappone". Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^Dier, Arden (2017-09-22). "Great Mystery of the Great Lakes Is Solved: SS Clifton found 100 miles south of last known location in Lake Huron". Newser. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
^"Wreck of German U-boat found off coast of Stranraer". BBC News. 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
^Kennedy, Maev (2017-02-28). "Detectorists strike gold 20 years after leaving field empty-handed". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
^Addley, Esther (2021-02-04). "Mystery shipwrecks added to England's national heritage list". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
^"Largest Iron Age monument found at Skipsea Castle". BBC News. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
^"María Rostworowski obituary". The Guardian. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
^"Stanley South Student Archaeological Research Fund". University of South Carolina. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^Fowler, Peter (8 May 2016). "Charles Thomas obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^"Beatrice de Cardi, archaeologist – obituary". The Telegraph. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^"In Memoriam Don Brothwell - Archaeology, The University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.