1881 in archaeology
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The year 1881 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- Alfred Maudslay begins his thorough examination of Quiriguá.
Excavations
Finds
- March - Augustus Pitt Rivers finds palaeolithic flints in concreted gravels of the Nile terraces near Thebes.[1]
Publications
- John Evans - The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland.
- H. A. Fletcher - "The archaeology of the west Cumberland iron trade". Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Archaeological Society 5:5–21.
Other events
- February 22 - 'Cleopatra's Needle' erected in Central Park, New York.
Births
Deaths
- Ferdinand Keller, Swiss archaeologist