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HOW IT WORKS
1881 in archaeology
Summary
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1881
.
List of years in archaeology
(
table
)
…
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
…
In science
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Explorations
edit
Alfred Maudslay
begins his thorough examination of
Quiriguá
.
Excavations
edit
Timgad
,
Algeria
, is excavated.
The excavations at
Olympia, Greece
which began in
1875
and were led by
Ernst Curtius
end.
[1]
Mount Nemrut
, Turkey, is excavated by German engineer Karl Sester.
Great Pyramid of Cholula
in Mexico is investigated by Swiss-born American archaeologist
Adolph Bandelier
.
Pyramid of Unas
in Egypt is investigated by French archaeologist
Gaston Maspero
.
Finds
edit
March -
Augustus Pitt Rivers
finds
palaeolithic
flints in concreted gravels of the
Nile
terraces near
Thebes
.
[2]
"Official" discovery of collective tomb
DB320
at
Deir el-Bahari
in Egypt.
Capt. H. L. Wells, RE, finds
Qadamgah
in
Fars Province
,
Persia (Iran)
.
The
birch bark
Bakhshali manuscript
, incorporating perhaps the earliest known use of mathematical
zero
, is unearthed near
Bakhshali
in
British India
.
Publications
edit
John Evans
-
The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland
.
H. A. Fletcher - "The archaeology of the west Cumberland iron trade".
Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Archaeological Society
5
:5–21.
Possible earliest use of the term "
Industrial archaeology
" in the
English language
.
[3]
Other events
edit
February 22 - '
Cleopatra's Needle
' erected in
Central Park
,
New York
.
[4]
Births
edit
December 19 -
Hetty Goldman
, American archaeologist (d.
1972
)
[5]
Deaths
edit
January 24 -
Frances Stackhouse Acton
, English botanist, archaeologist, artist and writer (b.
1794
)
[6]
May 19 -
Joseph Barnard Davis
, English
craniologist
(b.
1801
)
June 21 -
Ferdinand Keller
, Swiss archaeologist (b.
1800
)
References
edit
^
"Olympia".
britannica.com
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
Thompson, M. W. (1977).
General Pitt-Rivers: evolution and archaeology in the nineteenth century
. Bradford-on-Avon: Moonraker Press. p. 96.
ISBN
0-239-00162-1
.
^
Forest and Stream
(New York) 1881-05-26
16
:326;
The Builder
(London) 1881-08-06
41
:164.
^
Briquelet, Kate (15 June 2014). "How Cleopatra's Needle got to Central Park".
New York Post
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"Hetty Goldman - Jewish Women's Archive".
jwa.org
. Retrieved
1 October
2017
.
^
"Frances Stackhouse".
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk
. Retrieved
26 May
2017
.