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1889 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1889
.
Excavations
Early excavations at
Lindholm Høje
.
Birka female Viking warrior
in Sweden.
Excavations in
Plataea
by the
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
begin.
Finds
October âÂÂ
Folkton Drums
(decorated
Neolithic
chalk cylinders) found in a barrow in Yorkshire, England.
Tauroctony
found in
Walbrook
adjacent to the site of the
London Mithraeum
.
Births
January 22 âÂÂ
Umberto Zanotti Bianco
, Italian archaeologist, environmentalist and senator (d.
1963
)
July 18 âÂÂ
Axel Boëthius
, Swedish-born archaeologist of Etruscan culture (d.
1969
)
August 5 âÂÂ
Rhys Carpenter
, American Classical art historian (d.
1980
)
December 1 âÂÂ
Alexander Keiller
, Scottish archaeologist of
Avebury
(d.
1955
)
Deaths
References