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1849 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1849.

Explorations

U.S. Army Lt. James H. Simpson leads the Washington Expedition, a military reconnaissance team which surveys Navajo lands and records cultural sites in Chaco Canyon. Illustrations created by the Kern brothers are included in a government report.
U.S. Navy Capt. William F. Lynch identifies Tell el Kadi as the site of the ancient city of Dan.
Site of Uruk discovered by William Loftus.

Excavations

Tunnel dug into Silbury Hill.

Publications

Austen H. Layard's Illustrations of the Monuments of Nineveh.
Karl Richard Lepsius' Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien.

Finds

Find on Whaddon Chase, Buckinghamshire, England of a hoard of Iron Age gold staters.

Births

November 8 — Maxime Collignon, French archaeologist (d. 1917)
December 5 — Eduard Seler, German Mesoamericanist (d. 1922)

References

Lynch, W. F.. (1849). "Narrative of the United States Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea". Richard Bentley.
"Maxime Collignon - Dictionary of Art Historians".
(2013). "Blut ist ein ganz besonderer Saft: Blut & Kreislaufsystem von der Antike zur Moderne". epubli.

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