2003 in archaeology
overview of the events of 2003 in archaeology
Explorations
Start of Stonehenge Riverside Project (continues to 2008).
Identification of Neolithic sources of jadeite on Monte Viso and Monte Beigua in Italy.
Excavations
Start of Ness of Brodgar excavation in Scotland.
Start of Dungarvan Valley Caves Project in Ireland.
Full excavation of High Pasture Cave on Skye.
Finds
April - First British cave art discovered at Creswell Crags.
June - Staffordshire Moorlands Pan found in England, a Celtic vessel with inscriptions relating to Hadrian's Wall.
July - Russian monitor Russalka (1867) located by sonar in the Gulf of Finland.
August - Tse-whit-zen village discovered on the Washington coast during construction work.
Autumn–December - Prittlewell royal Anglo-Saxon burial near Southend-on-Sea in England, the grave, dated to about 580 AD, of a high-status man, perhaps Saexa (brother to Sæberht of Essex), buried with objects including Christian symbols.
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