1887 in archaeology
Table of years in archaeology |
---|
Related time period or subjects |
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more In Template:Year nav topic: extra parameters: science |
The year 1887 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Excavations
- June–July - Carl Humann works at Hierapolis.
Finds
- A local woman digging for sebakh at Amarna uncovers a cache of over 300 cuneiform tablets containing diplomatic correspondence of the Pharaohs, now commonly known as the Amarna Letters.
Publications
- William Ivison Macadam - "Notes on the Ancient Iron Industry of Scotland", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
- Augustus Pitt Rivers - Excavations in Cranborne Chase, vol. 1[1]
Miscellaneous
- The Reverend George Brown is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.
Births
- January 27 - Carl Blegen, American archaeologist of Greece (d. 1971)[2]
- Neil Judd, American archaeologist (d. 1976)[3]
Deaths
- Jules Desnoyers, French geologist and archaeologist (b. 1800)
References
- ↑ Petch, Alison. "Cranborne Chase excavations". web.prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ↑ "Carl Blegen". Britannica.com. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ↑ "Portrait of Neil Merton Judd". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.