1868 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1868.
Excavations
- Charles Warren starts first excavations of Jericho.
- Grime's Graves in the English county of Norfolk is excavated in 1868-1870, including Gallery III2b of Greenwell's Pit.
- The Mammen excavation, a Viking Age site near Viborg in Jutland (Denmark) is excavated.[1]
- At Les Eyzies, France, a cave site is excavated containing Cro-Magnon remains, at the end of La Rue du Scez overlooking Le Havre du Scez (Saie).
- At Nymphaeum (a Greek colony in the Crimea), a burial site is excavated, with six Scythian tombs.
- In Greece, philologist Spyridon Findiklis and his assistant Ioannis Papadakis begin the first excavations in Thebes and Plataea.[2]
- Alfred Biliotti starts excavations at Ialysos on Rhodes.
Finds
- The Mesha Stele is found.[3]
- At Rome, the remains of the Porta Capena are found.
- At Les Eyzies, France, alongside the Cro-Magnon remains, numerous flint tools of Aurignacian manufacture are found.
- Hildesheim Treasure is found.[4]
- The first Shapwick hoard of Roman coins is found in England.[5]
Births
- January 3: Franz Cumont, Belgian archaeologist and historian (died 1947)[6]
- March 15: Albert Lythgoe, American Egyptologist, curator of the New York Metropolitan Museum (died 1934)[7]
- July 14: Gertrude Bell, British archaeologist (died 1926)[8]
Deaths
- September 10: Jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅur de Perthes, French archaeologist (born 1788)