1801 in archaeology
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The year 1801 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Explorations
[edit] Excavations
- The first complete mastodon skeleton is excavated, before dinosaurs were discovered.
[edit] Publications
[edit] Finds
- Ceres, largest of all asteroids is discovered by the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1826), and is briefly considered to be a planet.
- In optics, interference between light beams is discovered by Thomas Young (1773-1829), showing the wave nature of light.
- In chemistry, Tantalum is discovered (before niobium).
- In chemistry, niobium is discovered in ore called columbite by Charles Hatchett who names it "columbium" (renamed "niobium" in 1950).
- In chemistry, vanadium, a transition metal, is discovered by Andreas del Rio in Mexico.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Events
- The first of the Elgin Marbles brought from Athens to London by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin.
