1859 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1859.

Excavations

• February – Excavation of Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) under Thomas Wright begins.
• Excavation of Nydam Mose in Denmark under Conrad Engelhardt begins (continues to early 1864).
• Excavation of Camirus on Rhodes under Alfred Biliotti begins (continues to 1864). ^[1]

Finds

• Great Eleusinian Relief in Eleusis, Greece. ^[2]
• Vigna Randanini Jewish catacombs in Rome.

Publications

• J. M. García publishes an account of Monte Albán.
• Charles Roach Smith — Illustrations of Roman London.

Miscellaneous

• 26 May & 2 June – Geologist Joseph Prestwich and amateur archaeologist John Evans report (to the Royal Society and Society of Antiquaries of London, respectively) the results of their investigations of gravel-pits in the Somme valley and elsewhere, extending human history back to what will become known as the Paleolithic Era. ^{[3] [4]}
• Imperial Archaeological Commission founded in Saint Petersburg.
• Royal Geographical Society is given a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria. ^[5]

Deaths

• 6 May: Alexander von Humboldt, explorer, writer

See also

• Table of years in archaeology
• 1858 in archaeology
• 1860 in archaeology

References

1. Salmon, Nicholas (2019). "Archives and attribution: reconstructing the British Museum's excavation of Kamiros". In Schierup, Stine (ed.). Documenting Ancient Rhodes: Proceedings of an International Conference held at the National Museum of Denmark, 16–17 February 2017. Gōsta Enbom Monographs vol. 6. Aarhus University Press. pp. 98–112. Retrieved 20 November 2022– via Academia.
2. "Ten marble fragments of the Great Eleusinian Relief". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
3. Prestwich, Joseph (January 1860). "On the Occurrence of Flint-implements, associated with the Remains of Animals of Extinct Species in Beds of a late Geological Period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society . 150. London: 277–317. Bibcode:1860RSPT..150..277P. doi:10.1098/rstl.1860.0018. hdl: 2027/chi.098241705 . S2CID   111126826.
4. Evans, John (January 1860). "On the Occurrence of Flint Implements in undisturbed Beds of Gravel, Sand, and Clay" . Archaeologia . 38 (2). London: 280–307. doi:10.1017/s0261340900001454. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
5. "DetaLegacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2017.