1880 in archaeology

none 1880 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1880. Explorations William Matthew Flinders Petrie travels to Egypt and conducts a survey of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Excavations Nicolay Nicolaysen excavates the Gokstad ship in Norway. Heinrich Schliemann begins excavation around the Tomb of Minyas at Orchomenus (Boeotia).Orchomenos: Bericht über meine Ausgrabungen in Böotischen Orchomenos https://archive.org/details/orchomenosberic00schlgoog 1881 Leipzig Heinrich Schliemann Finds The foundations of a convent, first erected in 670, discovered at Minster in Kent.Minster The Cornishman 122 11 November 1880 5 Varvakeion Athena. The mandible of a Neanderthal child is discovered in a secure context in Šipka cave in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Czech Republic) associated with cultural debris including hearths, Mousterian tools and bones of extinct animals. Publications Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola and Juan Vilanova y Piera publish their initial findings on the paintings in the Cave of Altamira, suggesting to initial scepticism that they are of the Paleolithic period. The Journal of Hellenic Studies begins publication.A numismatic index to the "Journal of Hellenic Studies", 1880-1969, by J. R. Jones http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1782619 National Library of Australia 1971 W. Heffer and Sons 9780852700563 22 June 2017 Births April 11 – Julio C. Tello, Peruvian archaeologist (d. 1947) April 17 – Leonard Woolley, British archaeologist of Mesopotamia (d. 1960)Charles Leonard Woolley http://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/people/charles-leonard-woolley Artifacts of Excavation The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford 22 June 2017 References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1880s in archaeology Archaeology