Redigerer Arkeologiåret 2012 (avsnitt)

==Utgravninger==
* 6. juni – Utgravere fra [[Museum of London Archaeology]] kunngjør at de har funnet restene av [[Elizabethan theatre|Elizabethan]] [[Curtain Theatre]] i [[Shoreditch]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Remains of Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre discovered in Shoreditch|publisher=Museum of London Archaeology|date=2012-06-06|url=http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/NewsProjects/CurtainTheatre.htm|accessdate=2012-07-12|archivedate=2012-06-10|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610005232/http://www.museumoflondonarchaeology.org.uk/NewsProjects/CurtainTheatre.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jun/06/shakespeare-curtain-theatre-shoreditch-east-lonfon|title=Shakespeare's Curtain theatre unearthed in east London|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|date=2012-06-05|accessdate=2012-07-12|last=Kennedy|first=Maev|authorlink=Maev Kennedy}}</ref>
* 24. august – [[University of Leicester]] og bystyret i [[Leicester]], i samarbeid med [[Ricardian (Richard III)|Richard III Society]], kunngjør at de har gått sammen om å starte et søk i området [[Greyfriars (Leicester)|Greyfriars, Leicester]], gravstedet til kong [[Rikard III av England]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Historic search for King Richard III begins in Leicester|url=http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2012/august/historic-search-for-king-richard-iii-begins-in-leicester|publisher=University of Leicester|date=2012-08-24|accessdate=2013-02-04|archive-date=2012-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827030633/http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2012/august/historic-search-for-king-richard-iii-begins-in-leicester|url-status=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-25/medieval-british-king-sought-under-car-park/4222264|title=Hunt for Richard III's remains under car park|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)]]|date=2012-08-27|accessdate=2013-02-04}}</ref> Den 5. september kunngjør utgraverne at de har identifisert kirken.<ref>{{cite web|title=Researchers find strong evidence for medieval church in Leicester where monarch was buried|url=http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2012/august/greyfriars-project-2013-update-friday-31-august|publisher=University of Leicester|date=2012-08-31|accessdate=2013-02-04|archive-date=2012-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218122830/http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2012/august/greyfriars-project-2013-update-friday-31-august|url-status=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Search for Richard III confirms that remains are the long-lost Church of the Grey Friars|url=http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2012/september/search-for-richard-iii-confirms-they-have-located-the-long-lost-church-of-the-grey-friars/|publisher=University of Leicester|date=2012-09-05|accessdate=2013-02-04|archive-date=2012-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124031216/http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2012/september/search-for-richard-iii-confirms-they-have-located-the-long-lost-church-of-the-grey-friars|url-status=yes}}</ref> og 12. september blir det annonsert at et skjelett er funnet under søket, som kan være Rikard III,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-19561018|title=Richard III dig: 'Strong evidence' bones are lost king|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2012-09-12|accessdate=2013-02-04}}</ref> en antakelse bekreftet i [[Arkeologiåret 2013|2013]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882|work=BBC News|date=2013-02-04|accessdate=2013-02-04}}</ref>
* Oktober – Rester av store bygninger fra [[mesolitikum]] blir identifisert i [[Prehistorisk Britannia|Britannia]] i Echline i [[Skottland]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Scottish dig unearths '10,000-year-old home' at Echline|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-20376243|work=BBC News|date=2012-10-18|accessdate=2012-12-27}}</ref> Lunt Meadows i [[Sefton, Merseyside]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Significant archaeological discovery confirms Environment Agency habitat restoration work|url=http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/144344.aspx|publisher=[[Environment Agency]]|date=2012-11-22|accessdate=2012-12-27}}</ref> og fra nye undersøkelser ved [[Starr Carr]] i [[North Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Antiquity (journal)|Antiquity]]|url=http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/086/ant0861004.htm|volume=86|issue=334|pages=1004–1020|title=Substantial settlement in the European Early Mesolithic: new research at Star Carr|first=Chantal, ''et al.''|last=Conneller|month=desember|year=2012}}</ref>
* Desember – Arkeologer fullfører utgravningen av en 900-seters [[Atenaeum (oldtidens Roma)|Atenaeum]] fra keiser [[Hadrian]]s tid i [[Roma]] som ble oppdaget under arbeidet med en [[Romas tunnelbane|tunnelbanelinje]] ved [[Piazza Venezia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Kington|first=Tom|title=Hadrian's hall: archaeologists finish excavation of Roman arts centre|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/26/hadrians-hall-roman-emperor-arts-centre|work=The Guardian|date=2012-12-26|accessdate=2012-12-30}}</ref>