1877 in archaeology

none 1877 archaeology science thumb|250px|right| "Gateway of the Sun" at Tiahuanaco, as published in Ephraim G. Squier's Peru: Incidents of Travel Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1877. Explorations Artist and photographer William Henry Jackson participates in the Hayden Survey of the Western United States, producing maps of Chaco Canyon, but no photographs due to technical problems. Excavations French diplomat and archaeologist Ernest de Sarzec begins excavation at Girsu in Mesopotamia (which he believes to be Lagash). City architect Charles Edward Davis begins extended excavation and reconstruction at the Roman Baths (Bath) in England. George Smith excavates Later Stone Age tools in caves near Smithfield, Free State. Finds May 8 - Hermes and the Infant Dionysus (attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles, 4th century BC) is first uncovered at the site of the Temple of Hera, Olympia, Greece, by German archaeologist Ernst Curtius; it is later exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Publications Canon William Greenwell - British Barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England; together with description of figures of skulls, general remarks on prehistoric crania, and an appendix by George Rolleston. John Postlethwaite - Mines and Mining in the Lake District. Ephraim G. Squier - Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas. Miscellaneous May 17 - Witcham Gravel helmet, found, probably earlier this decade, in Cambridgeshire, England, is first displayed, to the Society of Antiquaries of London by Augustus Wollaston Franks.1877 Thursday, May 17th, 1877 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 2nd VII 225–235 https://archive.org/stream/proceedings207sociuoft#page/224/Kaminski Jaime Sim David 2014 The production and deposition of the Witcham Gravel Helmet Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society CIII 69–82 http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-1895-1/dissemination/pdf/PCAS/2014_CIII/PCAS_CIII_2014_069-082_Kaminski_and_Sim.pdf Births June 16 - Karel Absolon, Czech archaeologist (d. 1960) July 29 - Edward Thurlow Leeds, English archaeologist of the Anglo-Saxons (d. 1955)http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/9b44ef3a-caf9-4ba8-b8ad-496fc02deca6 Papers of Edward Thurlow Leeds nationalarchives.gov.uk 25 May 2017 Deaths October 17 - Johann Carl Fuhlrott, discoverer of Neanderthal Man (b. 1803) See also Ancient Greece / Prehistoric man References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1870s in archaeology Archaeology