1892 in archaeology explained

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1892.

Explorations

• August - Survey of Coldrum Long Barrow in south east England.

Excavations

• Excavations to uncover the fortifications of Thebes, Greece, are begun by lawyer Eustratios Kalopais.^[1]

Finds

• Glastonbury Lake Village discovered by Arthur Bulleid in the Somerset Levels of England.^[2]
• Gough's Cave discovered in Cheddar Gorge (Somerset), England.
• "Venus of Brassempouy" discovered in France.
• The second of the Caryatids of Eleusis discovered in Eleusis, Greece.

Miscellaneous

• The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is founded.
• Sir William Ridgeway is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.

Births

• April 14 - V. Gordon Childe, Australian-born prehistorian (died 1957).^[3]
• May 5 - Dorothy Garrod, English Palaeolithic archaeologist of the Near East (died 1968).^[4]

Deaths

• April 15 - Amelia Edwards, English Egyptologist and fiction writer (born 1831)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The scientific work. Archaeological Museum of Thebes. 2017-11-23.
2. Web site: The Discovery Service. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. 28 May 2017.
3. Web site: Vere Gordon Childe. BBC History. 28 May 2017.
4. Web site: Dorothy Annie Elizabeth Garrod - British archaeologist. Encyclopedia Britannica. 28 May 2017. en.
5. Web site: Grave of Amelia Edwards, Non Civil Parish - 1439170 - Historic England. historicengland.org.uk. 17 May 2017.