1843 in archaeology

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1843 in archaeology

Excavations

• Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.
• Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.

Finds

• Tomb of Menecrates (c. 600 BCE) on Corfu.
• Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.

Publications

• Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood
• The History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott
• Mittelitalien vor den Zeiten der römischen Herrschaft, nach den Denkmälern by Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken

Events

• c. January: The Singapore Stone is blown up.
• September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples.
• British Archaeological Association founded.[1]

Births

• June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (d. 1919)
• September 9 - Oscar Montelius, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1921)[2]

Deaths

• January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1813)
• June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (b. 1800)[3]

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1842 in archaeology
• 1844 in archaeology

References

1. "The British Archaeological Association: its foundation and split". etheses.dur.ac.uk. 1991. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
2. "Oscar Montelius - Swedish archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
3. "Ippolito Rosellini". Britannica.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.