1859 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1859.

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Excavations

• February – Excavation of Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) under Thomas Wright begins.
• Excavation of Nydam Mose in Denmark under Conrad Engelhardt begins (continues to early 1864).
• Excavation of Camirus on Rhodes under Alfred Biliotti begins (continues to 1864).^[1]

Finds

• Great Eleusinian Relief in Eleusis, Greece.^[2]
• Vigna Randanini Jewish catacombs in Rome.

Publications

• J. M. García publishes an account of Monte Albán.
• Charles Roach Smith — Illustrations of Roman London.

Miscellaneous

• 26 May & 2 June – Geologist Joseph Prestwich and amateur archaeologist John Evans report (to the Royal Society and Society of Antiquaries of London, respectively) the results of their investigations of gravel-pits in the Somme valley and elsewhere, extending human history back to what will become known as the Paleolithic Era.^[3][4]
• Imperial Archaeological Commission founded in Saint Petersburg.
• Royal Geographical Society is given a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.^[5]

Births

Deaths

• 6 May: Alexander von Humboldt, explorer, writer

See also

• Table of years in archaeology
• 1858 in archaeology
• 1860 in archaeology

References

1. Salmon, Nicholas (2019). "Archives and attribution: reconstructing the British Museum's excavation of Kamiros". In Schierup, Stine (ed.). Documenting Ancient Rhodes: Proceedings of an International Conference held at the National Museum of Denmark, 16–17 February 2017. Gōsta Enbom Monographs vol. 6. Aarhus University Press. pp. 98–112. Retrieved 20 November 2022 – via Academia.
2. "Ten marble fragments of the Great Eleusinian Relief". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
3. Prestwich, Joseph (January 1860). "On the Occurrence of Flint-implements, associated with the Remains of Animals of Extinct Species in Beds of a late Geological Period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 150. London: 277–317. Bibcode:1860RSPT..150..277P. doi:10.1098/rstl.1860.0018. hdl:2027/chi.098241705. S2CID 111126826.
4. Evans, John (January 1860). "On the Occurrence of Flint Implements in undisturbed Beds of Gravel, Sand, and Clay". Archaeologia. 38 (2). London: 280–307. doi:10.1017/s0261340900001454. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
5. "DetaLegacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2017.