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1843 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1843.

Excavations

  • Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.
  • Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.

Finds

  • Tomb of Menecrates (c. 600 BCE) on Corfu.
  • Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.

Publications

  • Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood
  • The History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott
  • Mittelitalien vor den Zeiten der römischen Herrschaft, nach den Denkmälern by Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken

Events

  • c. January: The Singapore Stone is blown up.
  • September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples.
  • British Archaeological Association founded.
  • Edward Simpson begins forgery of stone implements in England.

Births

  • June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (d. 1919)
  • September 9 - Oscar Montelius, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1921)

Deaths

  • January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1813)
  • June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (b. 1800)

References

References

  1. (1991). "The British Archaeological Association: its foundation and split".
  2. Halliday, Robert. (2004). "Simpson, Edward [nicknamed Flint Jack] (c.1815–c.1880), archaeological forger and craftsman".
  3. "Oscar Montelius - Swedish archaeologist".
  4. "Ippolito Rosellini".
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