1853 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1853.
Explorations[edit]
- Alexander Cunningham examines and describes the ruins at Harappa in the Punjab
- John Thurnam begins investigating tumuli around Knap Hill in Wiltshire, England
Excavations[edit]
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Finds[edit]
- Hormuzd Rassam excavates the clay tablets which will be deciphered as Epic of Gilgamesh
- Winter 1853–54 – Archaeologist Ferdinand Keller identifies the remains of the Meilen–Rorenhaab site, first of the prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich to be located.[1][2][3]
Births[edit]
- June 3 – Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)
- December 26 – Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German architect and archaeologist (d. 1940)[4]
Deaths[edit]
- June 8 – Howard Vyse, English soldier and Egyptologist (b. 1784)
- Charles Masson, British explorer of Buddhist sites (b. 1800)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Keller, Ferdinand (1854). "Die keltischen Pfahlbauten in den Schweizerseen". Mittheilungen der Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich. 1.
- ^ Wood, James, ed. (1907). . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
- ^ "Sites Switzerland: Meilen-Rorenhaab (CH-ZH-09)". palafittes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
- ^ "Wilhelm Dorpfeld - German archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2017.