1877 in archaeology

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1877 in archaeology

Contents 1 Explorations 2 Excavations 3 Publications 4 Finds 5 Awards 6 Miscellaneous 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Explorations

• Artist and photographer William Henry Jackson participates in the Hayden Survey of the Western United States, producing maps of Chaco Canyon, but no photographs due to technical problems.

[edit] Excavations

[edit] Publications

• Canon William Greenwell publishes his British Barrows
• Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas by Ephraim G. Squier

[edit] Finds

• Hermes by Praxiteles at Olympia
• Ruins of Lagash discovered by Ernest de Sarzec

[edit] Awards

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Births

• 16 June: Karel Absolon, Czech archaeologist

[edit] Deaths

• 17 October: Johann Carl Fuhlrott, discoverer of Neandertal Man

[edit] See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1876 in archaeology
• 1878 in archaeology