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1854 in archaeology
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1854 archaeology science
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1854.
Explorations
Giovanni Battista de Rossi discovers the Catacomb of Callixtus in Rome.Reardon Wendy J. https://books.google.com/books?id=EYbeCQAAQBAJ The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs 2010-09-01 McFarland 978-0-7864-6116-5 en
Karl von Scherzer examines and writes a description of Quiriguá, a Maya site in Guatemala.Woodruff, John M. The “most futile and vain” Work of Father Francisco Ximénez: Rethinking the Context of Popol Vuh. U. Alabama, 2009. Print. Repub. as “Rethinking the Context of Popol Vuh.” https://www.johnwoodruff.com/?p=1972. Accessed 13 Jul 2026. Web.
Thomas Wright investigates Kit's Coty House, the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow in Kent, England.Ashbee Paul 2000 The Medway's Megalithic Long Barrows https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65df7835178a9d2b20f8d501/t/6758a7924af49058d033620b/1733863317986/archaeologia-cantiana_120-15_the_medway%27s_megalithic_long_barrows.pdf Archaeologia Cantiana 120 323
Finds
Coleraine Hoard in the north of Ireland.
Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England.
Births
August 26 - Kate Bradbury Griffith, English Egyptologist (d. 1902)
Deaths
September 27 - Frederick Catherwood (b. 1799)
See also
List of years in archaeology
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References
Category:Archaeology by year
Category:1850s in archaeology
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