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1889 in archaeology
Overview of the events of 1889 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1889.
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- Early excavations at Lindholm Høje.
- Birka female Viking warrior in Sweden.
- Excavations in Plataea by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens begin.[1]
- October – Folkton Drums (decorated Neolithic chalk cylinders) found in a barrow in Yorkshire, England.[2]
- Tauroctony found in Walbrook adjacent to the site of the London Mithraeum.
- January 22 – Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Italian archaeologist, environmentalist and senator (d. 1963)
- July 18 – Axel Boëthius, Swedish-born archaeologist of Etruscan culture (d. 1969)
- August 5 – Rhys Carpenter, American Classical art historian (d. 1980)
- December 1 – Alexander Keiller, Scottish archaeologist of Avebury (d. 1955)[3]
- "The scientific work". Archaeological Museum of Thebes. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- "Keiller, Alexander (1889-1955), businessman and archaeologist". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.