1892 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1892.
Explorations
[edit]- August - Survey of Coldrum Long Barrow in south east England.
Excavations
[edit]- Excavations to uncover the fortifications of Thebes, Greece, are begun by lawyer Eustratios Kalopais.[1]
Finds
[edit]- Glastonbury Lake Village discovered by Arthur Bulleid in the Somerset Levels of England.[2]
- Gough's Cave discovered in Cheddar Gorge (Somerset), England.
- "Venus of Brassempouy" discovered in France.
- The second of the Caryatids of Eleusis discovered in Eleusis, Greece.
Publications
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Miscellaneous
[edit]- The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is founded.
- Sir William Ridgeway is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.
Births
[edit]- April 14 - V. Gordon Childe, Australian-born prehistorian (died 1957).[3]
- May 5 - Dorothy Garrod, English Palaeolithic archaeologist of the Near East (died 1968).[4]
Deaths
[edit]- April 15 - Amelia Edwards, English Egyptologist and fiction writer (born 1831)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "The scientific work". Archaeological Museum of Thebes. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ^ "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Vere Gordon Childe". BBC History. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod - British archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Grave of Amelia Edwards, Non Civil Parish - 1439170 - Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.