1868 in archaeology explained

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 Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (born 1788)

See also

• Neanderthal man

Notes and References

1. "Conservation of Textiles - part 3" (photos), webpage: Natmus-DK-textile .
2. Web site: The scientific work. Archaeological Museum of Thebes. 2017-11-23.
3. Web site: The Mesha Stele. louvre.fr. 15 May 2017.
4. Book: Hornblower. Simon. Spawforth. Antony. Eidinow. Esther. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 29 March 2012. Oxford University Press. 9780199545568. 684. en.
5. Web site: Monument no. 194188. English Heritage. Pastscape. 2019-05-28. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120926172635/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=194188. 2012-09-26.
6. Web site: Franz Cumont - Belgian archaeologist. Encyclopedia Britannica. 15 May 2017. en.
7. Book: Bierbrier, Morris L. Who Was Who in Egyptology, 4th edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London. 344. 2012. 978-0856982071.
8. Web site: Buchan. James. Miss Bell's lines in the sand. The Guardian. 15 May 2017. 11 March 2003.