1834 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1834.

Excavations

• Excavations made at Meroë by Giuseppe Ferlini
• Recovery of guns and other material from the wreck of in the Solent by Charles Anthony Deane and his brother John begins

Explorations

• Juan Galindo explores the Maya ruins of Copan
• French scholar Charles Texier finds the first Hittite site but does not identify it as such

Miscellaneous

• John Clayton begins to safeguard Hadrian's Wall

Births

• April 30 - John Lubbock, English prehistorian (d. 1913)

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1833 in archaeology
• 1835 in archaeology

References