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1874 in archaeology
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1874 archaeology science
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1874.
Explorations
William Henry Jackson of the Hayden Survey photographs the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.Webb Robert H. Repeat Photography: Methods and Applications in the Natural Sciences Island Press 9781610910064 300 https://books.google.com/books?id=tvb6h6Dkb64C en 2010-11-15
Excavations
Excavation of Eadgils' mound at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden.
Excavation of Bharhut stupa in India by Alexander Cunningham.Cunningham Alexander The Stûpa of Bharhut: a Buddhist monument ornamented with numerous sculptures illustrative of Buddhist legend and history in the third century B.C. 1879 London W. H. Allen
Excavations of Nineveh by George Smith for the British Museum conclude.George Smith Assyrian Discoveries: An Account of Explorations and Discoveries on the Site of Nineveh, During 1873 to 1874 1875
Miscellaneous
German Archaeological Institute at Athens established.
Births
March 9: Herbert Maryon, English sculptor, archaeologist and conservator (d. 1965) Herbert James Maryon 2011a Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 University of Glasgow History of Art http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1208551459 13 September 2016 27 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211227031336/https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1208551459 dead
May 9: Howard Carter, English Egyptologist (d. 1939)Howard Carter - British archaeologist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Howard-Carter Encyclopedia Britannica 31 May 2017 en
See also
Ancient Egypt / Egyptology
References
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