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1850 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1850.

Excavations

  • First excavations at Uruk by William Kennett Loftus (continues to 1854).

Finds

  • Skara Brae revealed by weather.
  • Tara Brooch (c.700 AD) found near Laytown, County Meath, Ireland.
  • Neolithic site at Barnenez in Brittany recognised as a tumulus.

Births

  • March 18 – Alfred Maudslay, explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization (died 1931)
  • September 18 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist, author of many books on ancient Dacia (died 1909)

References

References

  1. "Skara Brae Prehistoric Village".
  2. "Tara Brooch".
  3. "Alfred P. Maudslay".
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