1860 in archaeology explained

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1860.

Explorations

• Ernest Renan visits the Roman temple of Bziza.

Excavations

• Giuseppe Fiorelli takes charge of excavations at Pompeii.
• Ernest Renan makes excavations at Byblos.
• Excavation of Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles on Holy Island, Anglesey, off the coast of Wales.

Finds

• Édouard Lartet discovers stone tools (of a type already found in England) at Aurignac.^[1]
• Cornet De Groot rediscovers Muara Takus Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia.^[2]
• Atalante Hermes from Atalante and Hermes of Aegium from Aegium in Greece.

Publications

• Evans, John . On the Occurrence of Flint Implements in undisturbed Beds of Gravel, Sand, and Clay . . London . 38 . 2 . 280–307 . 2012-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222104124/http://bp.chadwyck.co.uk/marketing.do . 2012-02-22 . live . January 1860 . 10.1017/s0261340900001454 . John Evans (archaeologist) .
• Prestwich, Joseph . On the Occurrence of Flint-implements, associated with the Remains of Animals of Extinct Species in Beds of a late Geological Period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne . . London . 150 . 277–317 . 10.1098/rstl.1860.0018 . January 1860 . Joseph Prestwich . 2027/chi.098241705 . 111126826 . free .

Births

• July 15 - Max von Oppenheim, German Near Eastern archaeologist (d. 1946).
• November 8 - Francis J. Haverfield, English Romano-British archaeologist (d. 1919).

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1859 in archaeology
• 1861 in archaeology

Notes and References

1. W. J.. Harrison. Christy, Henry (1810–1865). 2004. 2011-05-05. 10.1093/ref:odnb/5375.
2. Web site: Candi Muara Takus (Sumatra) - Kepustakaan Candi. candi.perpusnas.go.id. id. 2019-01-08.