1878 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1878.

Excavations

• Christos Stamatakis excavates the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece (built c.1300–1200 BC).
• Excavation of Vinovia Roman fort in the north of England begins.
• September - Carl Humann begins excavations at Pergamon.

Publications

• American Antiquarian founded by Rev. Stephen D. Peet.
• Isaac Fletcher - "The Archaeology of the West Cumberland Coal Trade", Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. doi : 10.5284/1064794

Finds

• The Balawat Gates are discovered in Assyria by Hormuzd Rassam. ^[1]
• 31 Iguanodon skeletons are discovered in a coal mine at Bernissart, Belgium.
• Pergamon Altar.
• Birka female Viking warrior excavated by Hjalmar Stolpe on the Swedish island of Björkö but believed at this time to be male. ^[2]
• Bayou St. John submarine.

Other events

• September 12 - 'Cleopatra's Needle' is erected beside the River Thames in London. ^[3]

Births

• December 29 - Félix-Marie Abel, French biblical archaeologist (d. 1953)

References

1. "The Balawat Gates". British Museum. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
2. Koffmar, Linda (2017-09-08). "Första DNA-bevisen för kvinnlig vikingakrigare" [First DNA evidence for female Viking warriors] (Press release) (in Swedish). Uppsala University. Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
3. Holland, Robert (2012). Blue-Water Empire: The British in the Mediterranean since 1800. Penguin UK. ISBN   9781846145551.