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1889 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1889.

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

  • October – Folkton Drums (decorated Neolithic chalk cylinders) found in a barrow in Yorkshire, England.
  • 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)
  • December 1 – Alexander Keiller, Scottish archaeologist of Avebury (d. 1955)

Deaths

References

References

  1. "The scientific work". [[Archaeological Museum of Thebes]].
  2. "Drum". British Museum.
  3. "Keiller, Alexander (1889-1955), businessman and archaeologist".
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