1849 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1849.
Explorations
- U.S. Army Lt. James H. Simpson leads the Washington Expedition, a military reconnaissance team which surveys Navajo lands and records cultural sites in Chaco Canyon. Illustrations created by the Kern brothers are included in a government report.
- U.S. Navy Capt. William F. Lynch identifies Tell el Kadi as the site of the ancient city of Dan.[1]
- Site of Uruk discovered by William Loftus.
Excavations
- Tunnel dug into Silbury Hill.
Publications
- Austen H. Layard's Illustrations of the Monuments of Nineveh.
- Karl Richard Lepsius' Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien.
Finds
- Find on Whaddon Chase, Buckinghamshire, England of a hoard of Iron Age gold staters.
Births
- November 8 â Maxime Collignon, French archaeologist (d. 1917)[2]
- December 5 â Eduard Seler, German Mesoamericanist (d. 1922)[3]