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1860 in archaeology
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1860 archaeology science
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1860.
Explorations
Ernest Renan visits the Roman temple of Bziza.
Excavations
Giuseppe Fiorelli takes charge of excavations at Pompeii.
Ernest Renan makes excavations at Byblos.
Excavation of Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles on Holy Island, Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.
Finds
Édouard Lartet discovers stone tools (of a type already found in England) at Aurignac.W. J. Harrison Christy, Henry (1810–1865) 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5375 2011-05-05 10.1093/ref:odnb/5375
Cornet De Groot rediscovers Muara Takus Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia.http://candi.perpusnas.go.id/temples/deskripsi-sumatra-candi_muara_takus Candi Muara Takus (Sumatra) - Kepustakaan Candi candi.perpusnas.go.id id 2019-01-08 2019-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20190108200643/http://candi.perpusnas.go.id/temples/deskripsi-sumatra-candi_muara_takus dead
Atalante Hermes from Atalante and Hermes of Aegium from Aegium in Greece.
Publications
Evans, John On the Occurrence of Flint Implements in undisturbed Beds of Gravel, Sand, and Clay Archaeologia London 38 2 280–307 http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:bp:&rft_dat=xri:bp:article:ea02-1860-038-00-002668 2012-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120222104124/http://bp.chadwyck.co.uk/marketing.do 2012-02-22 live January 1860 10.1017/s0261340900001454 John Evans (archaeologist) subscription
Prestwich, Joseph On the Occurrence of Flint-implements, associated with the Remains of Animals of Extinct Species in Beds of a late Geological Period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London 150 277–317 10.1098/rstl.1860.0018 January 1860 Joseph Prestwich 2027/chi.098241705 111126826 free
Births
July 15 - Max von Oppenheim, German Near Eastern archaeologist (d. 1946).
November 8 - Francis J. Haverfield, English Romano-British archaeologist (d. 1919).
See also
List of years in archaeology
1859 in archaeology
1861 in archaeology
References
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Category:1860s in archaeology
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