1823 in archaeology

none 1823 archaeology science The year 1823 in archaeology involved some significant events. Excavations Roman tombs near Lorium, Etruria (1823–4). Roman villa near Bramdean, Hampshire, England. Finds January - In a cave on the Gower Peninsula of south Wales, Rev. William Buckland discovers the "Red Lady of Paviland", the first identification of a prehistoric (male) human burial. The bones are discovered with those of the woolly mammoth, proving that the two had coexisted, although Buckland dates the human remains as Roman.Stephen Aldhouse-Green Great Sites: Paviland Cave British Archaeology 61 http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba61/feat3.shtml 2010-07-16 October 2001 Summer - Smythe's Megalith, a Neolithic tomb, is discovered in Kent, England, and excavated by local antiquarian Clement Smythe. Borough Hill Roman villa in the midlands of England is discovered by archaeologist, George Baker.Johns Ashleigh Borough Hill & Cracks Hill https://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/leisure/borough-hill-cracks-hill/ www.daventrydc.gov.uk 22 December 2017 en 22 November 2011 The Caergwrle Bowl, a decorated Middle Bronze Age artefact, is discovered in north east Wales. The Ormside bowl, a gilded silver Anglo-Saxon double-bowl, dating from the mid-8th century, is found in Great Ormside, Cumbria.https://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/collections/search/item/?id=538&search_query=c2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9b3Jtc2lkZStib3ds Ormside Bowl York Museums Trust 15 February 2018 Events Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan completes reconstruction of the Northumbrian Ruthwell Cross in Scotland. Births June 7 - Giuseppe Fiorelli, Italian archaeologist of Pompeii (died 1896) November 17 - John Evans, English archaeologist (died 1908) Deaths December 3 - Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer of Egyptian antiquities (born 1778) See also Ancient Egypt / Egyptology References Category:Archaeology by year Category:1820s in archaeology Archaeology