1859 in archaeology
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1859 in archaeology
Excavations
- Excavation of Nydam Mose in Denmark under Conrad Engelhardt begins (continues to early 1864).
- Excavation of Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) under Thomas Wright.
Publications
- J. M. García publishes an account of Monte Albán.
- Charles Roach Smith — Illustrations of Roman London.
Miscellaneous
- 26 May & 2 June - Geologist Joseph Prestwich and amateur archaeologist John Evans report (to the Royal Society and Society of Antiquaries of London, respectively) the results of their investigations of gravel-pits in the Somme valley and elsewhere, extending human history back to what will become known as the Paleolithic Era.[1][2]
- Royal Geographical Society is given a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria
Deaths
- 6 May: Alexander von Humboldt, explorer, writer
See also
- List of years in archaeology
- 1858 in archaeology
- 1860 in archaeology
References
- ↑ Prestwich, Joseph (January 1860). "On the Occurrence of Flint-implements, associated with the Remains of Animals of Extinct Species in Beds of a late Geological Period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (London) 150: 277–317. doi:10.1098/rstl.1860.0018. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ↑ Evans, John (January 1860). "On the Occurrence of Flint Implements in undisturbed Beds of Gravel, Sand, and Clay". Archaeologia (London) 38: 280–307. doi:10.1017/s0261340900001454. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-02-24.