1874 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1874.

Explorations

• William Henry Jackson of the Hayden Survey photographs the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. ^[1]

Excavations

• Excavation of Eadgils' mound at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden.
• Excavation of Bharhut stupa in India by Alexander Cunningham. ^[2]
• Excavations of Nineveh by George Smith for the British Museum conclude. ^[3]

Miscellaneous

• German Archaeological Institute at Athens established.

Births

• March 9: Herbert Maryon, English sculptor, archaeologist and conservator (d. 1965) ^[4]
• May 9: Howard Carter, English Egyptologist (d. 1939) ^[5]

See also

• Ancient Egypt / Egyptology

References

1. Webb, Robert H. (2010-11-15). Repeat Photography: Methods and Applications in the Natural Sciences. Island Press. p. 300. ISBN   9781610910064.
2. Cunningham, Alexander (1879). The Stûpa of Bharhut: a Buddhist monument ornamented with numerous sculptures illustrative of Buddhist legend and history in the third century B.C. London: W. H. Allen.
3. Smith, George (1875). Assyrian Discoveries: An Account of Explorations and Discoveries on the Site of Nineveh, During 1873 to 1874.
4. "Herbert James Maryon". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951. University of Glasgow History of Art. 2011a. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
5. "Howard Carter - British archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 31 May 2017.