1868 in archaeology

The year 1868 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Excavations

• Charles Warren starts first excavations of Jericho.
• Grime's Graves in the English county of Norfolk is excavated in 1868-1870, including Gallery III2b of Greenwell's Pit.
• The Mammen excavation, a Viking Age site near Viborg in Jutland (Denmark) is excavated.[1]
• At Les Eyzies, France, a cave site is excavated containing Cro-Magnon remains, at the end of La Rue du Scez overlooking Le Havre du Scez (Saie).
• At Nymphaeum (a Greek colony in the Crimea), a burial site is excavated, with six Scythian tombs.
• In Greece, philologist Spyridon Findiklis and his assistant Ioannis Papadakis begin the first excavations in Thebes and Plataea.[2]

Finds

• The Mesha Stele is found.[3]
• At Rome, the remains of the Porta Capena are found.
• At Les Eyzies, France, alongside the Cro-Magnon remains, numerous flint tools of Aurignacian manufacture are found.
• Hildesheim Treasure is found.[4]
• The first Shapwick hoard of Roman coins is found in England.[5]

Births

• January 3: Franz Cumont, Belgian archaeologist and historian (died 1947)[6]
• July 14: Gertrude Bell, British archaeologist (died 1926)[7]

Deaths

• September 10: Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (born 1788)

See also

• Neanderthal man

References

1. "Conservation of Textiles - part 3" (photos), webpage: Natmus-DK-textile Archived 2007-08-14 at the Wayback Machine.
2. "The scientific work". Archaeological Museum of Thebes. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
3. "The Mesha Stele". louvre.fr. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
4. Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony; Eidinow, Esther (29 March 2012). The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 684. ISBN 9780199545568.
5. "Monument no. 194188". Pastscape. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
6. "Franz Cumont - Belgian archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
7. Buchan, James (11 March 2003). "Miss Bell's lines in the sand". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2017.