1845 in archaeology

none April 2012 1845 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1845. Events February 7: In the British Museum, a drunken visitor smashes the Portland Vase which takes John Doubleday months to repair.http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/feb/7.htm Robert Chambers The Book of Days February 7th 2008-05-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20080705193041/http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/feb/7.htm 5 July 2008 live Explorations E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis begin one of the first American scientific archaeological studies, exploring the remains of the prehistoric mound builders of Ohio, leading to the publication of the landmark Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley three years later.Gibbon Guy E. Ames Kenneth M. Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia 1998 Taylor & Francis 804 9780815307259 https://books.google.com/books?id=_0u2y_SVnmoC&pg=PA804 en Excavations Austen Henry Layard begins excavating the Assyrian sites of Nimrud and Nineveh, lasting until 1851.Sir Austen Henry Layard - British archaeologist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Austen-Henry-Layard Encyclopedia Britannica 16 January 2018 en Early excavation work at EphesusGiroire Cécile Roger Daniel Roman Art from the Louvre 2007 Hudson Hills 9781555952839 54 https://books.google.com/books?id=DnIbg00BQ14C&dq=excavations+Ephesus+1845&pg=PA54 en Finds Austen Henry Layard finds first group of Nimrud ivories.Herrmann Georgina Georgina Herrmann Laidlaw Stuart Assyrian Nimrud and the Phoenicians Archaeology International 16 2012–2013 84–95 en 10.5334/ai.1611 24 October 2013 free The existence of the Lycurgus Cup, a piece of glassware demonstrating 4th century AD Roman technology, is reported.Rossettie Joseph Thomas The Lycurgus Cup 2000 iUniverse 9780595140923 13 https://books.google.com/books?id=ppOOOucYqDoC&pg=PR13 en Approximate date: When the Rhine is blasted near Bingen am Rhein to deepen and remove rocks, Roman-era iron weapons are dredged from the river bed.Charles Lyell Charles Lyell Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man 1863 Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man Publications Jean-François Champollion's Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie is published posthumously. Births March 20: Lucy Wright Mitchell, American archaeologist (d. 1888)Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell - American archaeologist and missionary https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lucy-Myers-Wright-Mitchell Encyclopedia Britannica 17 May 2017 en June 16: Heinrich Dressel, German archaeologist (d. 1920) August 25: Ernest Volk, German archaeologist (d. 1919) September 25: Archibald Sayce, English Assyriologist (d. 1933) See also Ancient Egypt / Egyptology References Category:Archaeology by year Archaeology Category:1840s in archaeology