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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1889.

Excavations edit

October – Folkton Drums (decorated Neolithic chalk cylinders) found in a barrow in Yorkshire, England.^[2]
Tauroctony found in Walbrook adjacent to the site of the London Mithraeum.

January 22 – Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Italian archaeologist, environmentalist and senator (d. 1963)
July 18 – Axel Boëthius, Swedish-born archaeologist of Etruscan culture (d. 1969)
August 5 – Rhys Carpenter, American Classical art historian (d. 1980)
December 1 – Alexander Keiller, Scottish archaeologist of Avebury (d. 1955)^[3]

^ "The scientific work". Archaeological Museum of Thebes. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
^ "Drum". British Museum. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
^ "Keiller, Alexander (1889-1955), businessman and archaeologist". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.