2020 In Archaeology
This page lists major events of 2020 in archaeology. Excavations * January–August – Site of a sacristy at Westminster Abbey in London, a 13th century monastic burial site, excavated; remains of hundreds of bodies located. * January 29 – NZR V class steam locomotive no. 127 (1885) is recovered from the Ōreti River in New Zealand by the Lumsden Heritage Trust. * February – Mexico and Spain plan to search for the remains of ''Nuestra Señora de Juncal'' ("Our Lady of Juncal") ship, which sank off the coast of Mexico in 1631. * March – Excavations at Richborough Castle in England start to uncover the Roman amphitheatre hidden under a mound here. * May – Excavations in a hillfort at Tap o' Noth near Rhynie, Aberdeenshire in Scotland identify it as one of the largest ancient settlements ever discovered in the country. * June 27 – Excavation of a Viking ship burial at Gjellestad near Halden in Norway located in 2018 begins. * July: ** Divers find an 11,000-year-old ...
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