1849 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1849.

Explorations

• U.S. Army Lt. James H. Simpson leads the Washington Expedition, a military reconnaissance team which surveys Navajo lands and records cultural sites in Chaco Canyon. Illustrations created by the Kern brothers are included in a government report.
• U.S. Navy Capt. William F. Lynch identifies Tell el Kadi as the site of the ancient city of Dan. ^[1]
• Site of Uruk discovered by William Loftus.

Excavations

• Tunnel dug into Silbury Hill.

Publications

• Austen H. Layard's Illustrations of the Monuments of Nineveh.
• Karl Richard Lepsius' Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien.

Finds

• Find on Whaddon Chase, Buckinghamshire, England of a hoard of Iron Age gold staters.

Births

• November 8 — Maxime Collignon, French archaeologist (d. 1917) ^[2]
• December 5 — Eduard Seler, German Mesoamericanist (d. 1922) ^[3]

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1848 in archaeology
• 1850 in archaeology

References

1. Lynch, W. F. (1849). Narrative of the United States Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea. London: Richard Bentley. p.  472.
2. "Maxime Collignon - Dictionary of Art Historians". arthistorians.info. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. Riedel, Franka Böck und Thomas (2013). Blut ist ein ganz besonderer Saft: Blut & Kreislaufsystem von der Antike zur Moderne (in German). epubli. p. 18. ISBN   9783844261844.