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1846 in archaeology
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1846 archaeology science
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1846.
Explorations
Johann Georg Ramsauer discovers a large prehistoric cemetery near Hallstatt.
Ephraim Squier and Edwin Davis find and describe Serpent Mound in Ohio.
Excavations
The Rev. John Wilson publishes "Antiquities found at Woodperry, Oxon",Antiquities Found at Woodperry, Oxon Archaeological Journal/Volume 3/Antiquities Found at Woodperry, Oxon 1846 Archaeological Journal 3 116–128 yes yes an early account of excavations at a medieval village site (in Oxfordshire, England).
Finds
The Stele of Arniadas is found at the necropolis of the Corfu Palaiopolis.
Events
August 10 - The Smithsonian Institution is founded in Washington, D.C.Our History - Smithsonian Institution https://www.si.edu/about/history www.si.edu 17 May 2017 en
The Cambrian Archaeological Association is founded in Wales by Harry Longueville Jones and John Williams (Ab Ithel) and launches its journal Archaeologia Cambrensis.
The French School at Athens is founded.
Publications
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes first publishes his discoveries over the previous two decades of a worked flint implement in the context of elephant and rhinoceros remains in the gravels of the Somme valley
John Disney publishes first edition of Museum Disneianum
Journal of the British Archaeological Association first published
Births
February 19 - Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, French Orientalist (d. 1923)
Deaths
See also
List of years in archaeology
1845 in archaeology
1847 in archaeology
References
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