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1836 in archaeology
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1836 archaeology science
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1836.
Explorations
October 16 - Ruins of Roman site at Mastaura in Greece visited by William Hamilton.https://books.google.com/books?id=zTxaAAAAcAAJ&dq=Mastaura&pg=PA531 Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus and Armenia: With Some Account of Their Antiquities and Geology William John Hamilton 1842 J. Murray London 2021-12-11 Google Books
Site of Susa in Persia examined by Henry Rawlinson.
Site of Tripontium in England located by Matthew Bloxam.
Finds
May - Right half of Llandaf Diptych (carved from elephant ivory in Paris around 1340/60) found in south Wales.Mark Redknap The Llandaf Diptych https://museum.wales/articles/2011-06-25/The-Llandaf-Diptych/ National Museum Wales Cardiff 2011-06-25 2020-07-19
June
17 miniature coffins of unknown provenance are found in a cave on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.Arthur's Seat coffins http://www.nms.ac.uk/highlights/objects_in_focus/arthurs_seat_coffins.aspx National Museums Scotland 2014-07-08
Wreck of Tudor navy ship Mary Rose (capsized 1545) discovered in the Solent.
Chatsworth Head found near Tamassos on Cyprus.https://archive.org/details/greekbronzestatu00matt registration chatsworth head british museum. Greek Bronze Statuary: from the beginnings through the fifth century B.C. Carol C. Mattusch 3 Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press 1988 0801421489 2016-08-22
Procne and Itys statue in the Acropolis of Athens, Greece.
Publications
Otto Jahn - Palamedes.
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen - Ledetraad til Nordisk Oldkyndighed.
Events
October 25 - Luxor Obelisk re-erected in Place de la Concorde, Paris.
James Prinsep begins to decipher the Edicts of Ashoka.
References
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