1897 in archaeology
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The year 1897 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- Rudolf Ernst Brünnow and Alfred von Domaszewski begin a two-year expedition to the Arabian Peninsula, including Petra.
Excavations
- Excavation of Glastonbury Lake Village by Arthur Bulleid and Harold St George Gray begins.
- Maud Cunnington carries out her first excavations in the Devizes area.
Finds
- August 4 - The "Lady of Elche" Iberian sculpture (4th century BCE) is found at L'Alcúdia near Elche in Spain.
- Yde Girl, a bog body, is discovered in Drenthe, The Netherlands.
- Coligny calendar.
- Alekanovo inscription.
Publications
- William Copeland Borlase - The Dolmens of Ireland: their distribution, structural characteristics, and affinities in other countries, together with the folklore attaching to them; supplemented by considerations on the anthropology, ethnology, and traditions of the Irish people (3 vols, London).
Awards
Miscellaneous
Births
- Einar Gjerstad, Swedish archaeologist of the ancient Mediterranean.
- V. E. Nash-Williams, Welsh archaeologist.
- Yang Zhongjian, father of Chinese vertebrate paleontology.
Deaths
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