1829 in archaeology

1829 in archaeology

Explorations

• 'Charles Masson' (James Lewis) explores the Indus Valley Civilisation and locates the site of Harappa.

Excavations

• First excavations at Olympia, Greece by an expedition led by Abel Blouet
• Yorkshire Philosophical Society concludes excavation of St Mary's Abbey, York, England, prior to construction of the Yorkshire Museum on part of the site.

Finds

• Engis 2, part of the skull of a young child and other bones, recognised in 1936 as the first known Neanderthal fossil, is found in the Awirs cave near Engis in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) by Philippe-Charles Schmerling.

Deaths

• 10 May - Thomas Young, English Egyptologist (b. 1773)

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1828 in archaeology
• 1830 in archaeology

References