1858 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1838.

Explorations

• February 2 - Systematic exploration of the prehistoric Swiss lake pile village of Wetzikon-Robenhausen by Jakob Messikommer begins.
• Désiré Charnay makes the first photographs of the Maya ruins of Palenque

Finds

• Stone tools in a cave at Brixham in England. ^[1]
• Hoard of Neolithic flint tools and weapons at York in England. ^[2]
• Ancient Greek sculpture of the Lion of Knidos found by Richard Popplewell Pullan near modern-day Datça, Turkey.
• Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu at Dayr al-Bahri by François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette.
• Boston Green Head at the Serapeum of Saqqara (presumed year). ^[3]
• In Luxor, Egypt, the Rhind papyrus is found (named for Alexander Henry Rhind, the discoverer; it is sometimes called the Ahmes papyrus for the scribe who wrote it around 1650 BC).
• December 31 - Roman coin hoard at Weston Underwood found in Buckinghamshire, England.

Events

• George Rowell uses photography to document the reconstruction of the Saxon 'Brighthampton Urn' in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (England), the first known such use in archaeological conservation. ^[4]

Births

• Approximate date - Mary Brodrick, English Egyptologist (died 1933)

Deaths

• February 6 - Georg Friedrich Creuzer, German Greek philologist and archaeologist (born 1771)

Establishments

• Municipal museum of Saverne, France, established.

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1857 in archaeology
• 1859 in archaeology

References

1. Harrison, W. J. (2004). "Christy, Henry (1810–1865)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5375 . Retrieved 2011-05-05.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
2. "The York Hoard". History of York. York: Yorkshire Museum . Retrieved 2016-01-16.
3. "Head of a priest (The Boston Green Head)". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . Retrieved 2014-05-01.
4. Exhibit label, Ashmolean Museum AN1966.1178. Noted 2023.