1860 in archaeology

Last updated December 13, 2025

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1860.

Explorations

Ernest Renan visits the Roman temple of Bziza.

Excavations

Giuseppe Fiorelli takes charge of excavations at Pompeii.
Ernest Renan makes excavations at Byblos.
Excavation of Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles on Holy Island, Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.

Finds

Édouard Lartet discovers stone tools (of a type already found in England) at Aurignac.^[1]
Cornet De Groot rediscovers Muara Takus Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia.^[2]
Atalante Hermes from Atalante and Hermes of Aegium from Aegium in Greece.

Publications

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 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
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. doi:10.1098/rstl.1860.0018. hdl: 2027/chi.098241705 . S2CID 111126826.

Births

July 15 - Max von Oppenheim, German Near Eastern archaeologist (d. 1946).
November 8 - Francis J. Haverfield, English Romano-British archaeologist (d. 1919).

References

↑ 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.)
↑ "Candi Muara Takus (Sumatra) - Kepustakaan Candi". candi.perpusnas.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-01-08.

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[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] "Candi Muara Takus (Sumatra) - Kepustakaan Candi". candi.perpusnas.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-01-08.

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