1890 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1890.
Explorations
[edit]- Alfred Maudslay begins his documentation of the Maya ruins of Palenque.
Excavations
[edit]- Arthur Evans excavates a Belgae cemetery site at Aylesford.
- J.R. Mortimer begins excavations at Duggleby Howe.
- The Society of Antiquaries of London begins its excavations of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester Roman Town).
- Merv.
- Flinders Petrie excavates at Tell el-Hesi, Palestine (mistakenly identified as Lachish), the first scientific excavation of an archaeological site in the Holy Land, during which he discovers how tells are formed.
Finds
[edit]- Saltley handaxe excavated in Birmingham, the first paleolithic human artefact found in The Midlands of England.[1]
- Hermes Criophorus statue found in Troezen, Greece.
Births
[edit]- April 21: Benno Landsberger, German Assyriologist (d. 1968)[2]
- September 10: Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist (d. 1976)[3]
Deaths
[edit]- August 2 - Charles Roach Smith, British archaeologist; co-founder of the British Archaeological Association (b. 1807)
- October 28: Jean Baptiste Holzmayer, German archaeologist (b. 1839)
- December 26: Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist, excavator of Troy (b. 1822)[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "A history of archaeological research in the Trent Valley". Trent Valley Palaeolithic Project. 2006. Archived from the original on 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ Studies in honor of Benno Landsberger on his seventy-fifth birthday, April 21, 1965. OCLC 3082653.
- ^ "Mortimer Wheeler". britannica.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Heinrich Schliemann - German archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2017.