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1861 in archaeology
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1861 archaeology science
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1861.
Explorations
First scientific investigations of Nalanda Mahavihara in Bihar.
British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham identifies the ancient city of Vaishali with the present-day village of Basrah in Bihar.
Excavations
June - First modern excavation of the Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe on Orkney by James Farrer.Ritchie Graham Anna Scotland: Archaeology and Early History Thames and Hudson 1981 London 9 0-500-27365-0
Excavation of Long Hole Cave in Glamorgan reveals prehistoric flint artefacts.Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan https://books.google.com/books?id=RCV29bFIi3YC&pg=PA17 1976 Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales 978-0-11-700588-4 17
Excavation of Umm al-Amad, Lebanon, by Ernest Renan, abandoned when he finds that the ruins are only about two thousand years old.Mission de Phénicie.
Excavation of Vergina by Leon Heuzey.
Publications
Edward Burnett Tylor - Anahuac: Or Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern.
Events
Archaeological Survey of India founded.
Births
October 6 - Gaston Cros, French army officer and archaeologist (killed in action 1915)
See also
List of years in archaeology
1860 in archaeology
1862 in archaeology
References
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