1987 in archaeology

Excavations

• Amnya complex found and first excavated in Siberia.
• Wreck of 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 in the Philippines, is found.

Publications

Events

• December 8 - Chaco Culture National Historical Park is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Deaths

• August 12 - Crystal Bennett, British archaeologist of Jordan