1886 in archaeology
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The year 1886 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
- October 4 - Augustus Pitt Rivers begins excavation of the Romano-British settlement site on Rotherley Downs.[1]
Finds
- The well-preserved skeletons of a Neanderthal man and woman with Mousterian stone implements are found in the Betche aux Roches cavern at Spy, Belgium, by Maximin Lohest and Marcel de Puydt.[2]
- Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan recorded by Thomas Holdich.
Events
- June 10 - Te Wairoa is buried by a volcanic eruption.
Births
- October 28 - O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (d. 1957).[3]
Deaths
- June 5 - Llewellynn Jewitt, British archaeologist, illustrator and natural scientist (b. 1816).[4]
References
- ^ Thompson, M. W. (1977). General Pitt-Rivers: evolution and archaeology in the nineteenth century. Bradford-on-Avon: Moonraker Press. p. 96. ISBN 0-239-00162-1.
- ^ "Neanderthal Man". Encyclopedia Britannica (15th ed.). 1982.
- ^ "Aerial Photographs - O.G.S. Crawford (1886-1957)". Ashmolean Museum. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ Press, Oxford University (2012). Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators. OUP USA. p. 615. ISBN 9780199923052.