1829 in archaeology

1829 in archaeology

Explorations

• 'Charles Masson' (James Lewis) explores the Indus Valley Civilisation and locates the site of Harappa. ^[1]

Excavations

• First excavations at Olympia, Greece by an expedition led by Abel Blouet ^[2]
• Yorkshire Philosophical Society concludes excavation of St Mary's Abbey, York, England, ^[3] 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. ^[4]

Deaths

• 10 May - Thomas Young, English Egyptologist (b. 1773) ^[5]

See also

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

References

1. Masson, Charles (1842). Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab.
2. "Olympia". britannica.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
3. "Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey: History of York". www.historyofyork.org.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
4. Schmerling, Philippe-Charles (1833). Recherches sur les ossements fossiles découverts dans les cavernes de la Province de Liège. Liège: P.-J. Collardin. S. 1–66.
5. "Thomas Young". Britannica.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.