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1890 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1890
.
Explorations
Alfred Maudslay
begins his documentation of the
Maya
ruins of
Palenque
.
Excavations
Arthur Evans
excavates a
Belgae
cemetery site at
Aylesford
.
J.R. Mortimer
begins excavations at
Duggleby Howe
.
The
Society of Antiquaries of London
begins its excavations of
Calleva Atrebatum
(
Silchester
Roman Town).
Merv
.
Flinders Petrie
excavates at
Tell el-Hesi
,
Palestine
(mistakenly identified as
Lachish
), the first scientific excavation of an archaeological site in the
Holy Land
, during which he discovers how
tell
s are formed.
Finds
Saltley handaxe
excavated in
Birmingham
, the first
paleolithic
human artefact found in
The Midlands
of England.
Hermes Criophorus
statue found in
Troezen
,
Greece
.
Births
April 21:
Benno Landsberger
, German Assyriologist (d.
1968
)
September 10:
Mortimer Wheeler
, British archaeologist (d.
1976
)
Deaths
July 14:
John Clayton
, English antiquarian (b.
1792
)
August 2:
Charles Roach Smith
, British archaeologist; co-founder of the
British Archaeological Association
(b.
1807
)
October 28:
Jean Baptiste Holzmayer
, German archaeologist (b.
1839
)
December 26:
Heinrich Schliemann
, German archaeologist, excavator of
Troy
(b.
1822
)
References