1866 in archaeology

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1866 in archaeology

Publications

• Posthumous publication by Édouard Lartet of Henry Christy's Reliquiae Aquitanicae, being contributions to the archaeology and palaeontology of Perigord and the adjacent provinces of southern France commences.

Finds

• February 26 - The Calaveras Skull is discovered in California. Purported to be evidence of humans in North America during the Pliocene epoch, it turns out to be a hoax.
• The prehistoric sculpture Swimming Reindeer is found in France.
• The first copy of the Decree of Canopus is found at Tanis.

Births

• May 23 - Edgar J. Banks, American antiquarian (died 1945).
• June 26 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, British Egyptological excavation sponsor (died 1923).

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1865 in archaeology
• 1867 in archaeology