1897 in archaeology

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The year 1897 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Rudolf Ernst Brünnow and Alfred von Domaszewski begin a two-year expedition to the Arabian Peninsula, including Petra.

Excavations

• Excavation of Glastonbury Lake Village by Arthur Bulleid and Harold St George Gray begins.
• Maud Cunnington carries out her first excavations in the Devizes area.

Finds

• August 4 - The "Lady of Elche" Iberian sculpture (4th century BCE) is found at L'Alcúdia near Elche in Spain.
• Yde Girl, a bog body, is discovered in Drenthe, The Netherlands.
• Coligny calendar.
• Alekanovo inscription.

Publications

• William Copeland Borlase - The Dolmens of Ireland: their distribution, structural characteristics, and affinities in other countries, together with the folklore attaching to them; supplemented by considerations on the anthropology, ethnology, and traditions of the Irish people (3 vols, London).

Births

• Einar Gjerstad, Swedish archaeologist of the ancient Mediterranean.
• V. E. Nash-Williams, Welsh archaeologist.
• Yang Zhongjian, father of Chinese vertebrate paleontology.