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1868 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1868
.
Excavations
Charles Warren
starts first excavations of
Jericho
.
Grime's Graves
in the
English
county of
Norfolk
is excavated in 1868-1870, including Gallery III2b of Greenwell's Pit.
The
Mammen
excavation, a
Viking Age
site near
Viborg
in
Jutland
(Denmark) is excavated.
At
Les Eyzies
,
France
, a cave site is excavated containing
Cro-Magnon
remains, at the end of La Rue du Scez overlooking Le Havre du Scez (Saie).
At
Nymphaeum
(a Greek colony in the
Crimea
), a burial site is excavated, with six
Scythian
tombs.
In Greece, philologist Spyridon Findiklis and his assistant Ioannis Papadakis begin the first excavations in
Thebes
and
Plataea
.
Alfred Biliotti
starts excavations at
Ialysos
on
Rhodes
.
Finds
The
Mesha Stele
is found.
At
Rome
, the remains of the
Porta Capena
are found.
At Les Eyzies, France, alongside the Cro-Magnon remains, numerous flint tools of
Aurignacian
manufacture are found.
Hildesheim Treasure
is found.
The first
Shapwick hoard
of Roman coins is found in England.
Births
January 3:
Franz Cumont
, Belgian archaeologist and historian (died
1947
)
March 15:
Albert Lythgoe
, American Egyptologist, curator of the New York
Metropolitan Museum
(died
1934
)
July 14:
Gertrude Bell
, British archaeologist (died
1926
)
Deaths
September 10:
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecà Âur de Perthes
, French archaeologist (born
1788
)
See also
Neanderthal man
References