1855 in archaeology

The year 1855 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Excavations

• May - Heath Wood barrow cemetery in England, by Thomas Bateman.[1]
• Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England, by F Carroll.

Events

• December 14 - inaugural meeting of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

Publications

• John Yonge Akerman - Remains of Pagan Saxondom.
• Churchill Babington (ed.) - Benefizio della Morte di Cristo, a remarkable book of the Reformation period.

Births

• September 10 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (d. 1925).[2]

Deaths

• April 15 - William John Bankes, English Member of Parliament, explorer and Egyptologist (b. 1786).[3]

References

1. Bateman, Thomas (1861). Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills in the Counties of Derby, Stafford and York.
2. "Robert Koldewey - German architect and archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. "BANKES, William John (1786-1855), of Kingston Hall, Dorset". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.