1889 in archaeology

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The year 1889 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Early excavations at Lindholm Høje.
• Birka female Viking warrior in Sweden.
• Excavations in Plataea by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens begin.

Finds

• Tauroctony found in Walbrook adjacent to the site of the London Mithraeum.

Births

• January 22 - Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Italian archaeologist, environmentalist and senator (d. 1963)
• July 18 - Axel Boëthius, Swedish-born archaeologist of Etruscan culture (d. 1969)
• August 5 - Rhys Carpenter, American Classical art historian (d. 1980)
• Alexander Keiller, Scottish archaeologist of Avebury (d. 1955)