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Overview of the events of 1876 in archaeology
List of years in archaeology
(
table
)
…
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
…
In science
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1876
.
Excavations
Mycenae
by
Heinrich Schliemann
.
[1]
Finds
The "
Mask of Agamemnon
" found at
Mycenae
by
Heinrich Schliemann
.
[2]
Later in the year Schliemann supposedly telegraphs a Greek newspaper "I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon".
[3]
June 29 -
Robin Hood Cave Horse
, a fragment of rib engraved with a
horse
's head, discovered by Rev. J. M. Mello at
Creswell Crags
in the north east midlands of England, the only piece of
Upper Paleolithic
portable art
showing an animal to be found in Britain.
[4]
[5]
[6]
October - Excavations by
John Clayton
in
Coventina
's Well at
Carrawburgh
on
Hadrian's Wall
yield at least 13,400
Roman coins
.
[7]
Publications
Amelia Edwards
-
A Thousand Miles up the Nile
.
[8]
Births
March 19 -
John Marshall
,
English
Director-General of the
Archaeological Survey of India
(died
1958
).
[9]
May 5 -
John Garstang
, English
archaeologist
of the
Near East
(died
1956
).
[10]
Deaths
August 19 -
George Smith
, English
Assyriologist
(born
1840
)
[11]
See also
Ancient Egypt
/
Egyptology
References
^
Schliemann, Heinrich (1878).
Mykena
.
^
"The Mask of Agamemnon: An Example of Electroformed Reproduction of Artworks Made by E. Gilliéron in the Early Twentieth Century"
.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"Behind the Mask of Agamemnon - Archaeology Magazine Archive"
.
archive.archaeology.org
. Archived from
the original
on 17 March 2013
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"Horse engraving on bone"
.
Explore
.
British Museum
. 2011. Archived from
the original
on 2011-10-16
. Retrieved
2024-06-24
– via Wayback Machine.
^
Sieveking, Ann (1987).
A catalogue of palaeolithic art in the British Museum
. London: British Museum. pp. 112–.
ISBN
978-0-7141-1376-0
. Retrieved
2011-10-14
.
^
Pettitt, P. B. (2003).
"Discovery, nature and preliminary thoughts about Britain's first cave art"
.
researchgate.net
. Retrieved
2018-01-02
.
^
Allason-Jones, Lindsay
; McKay, Bruce (1985).
Coventina's Well: a shrine on Hadrian's Wall
. Hexham: Trustees of the Clayton Collection.
ISBN
0-946897-05-0
.
^
"Thousand miles nile - Egyptology"
.
Cambridge University Press
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"Sir John Hubert Marshall (Biographical details)"
.
britishmuseum.org
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"John Garstang"
.
Britannica.com
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"Smith, George 1840-1876"
.
worldcat.org
. Retrieved
16 May
2017
.
Categories
:
1876
Archaeology by year
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1876 in science
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Articles with short description
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overview of the events of 1876 in archaeology
List of years in archaeology
(
table
)
…
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
…
In science
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1876
.
Excavations
Mycenae
by
Heinrich Schliemann
.
[1]
Finds
The "
Mask of Agamemnon
" found at
Mycenae
by
Heinrich Schliemann
.
[2]
Later in the year Schliemann supposedly telegraphs a Greek newspaper "I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon".
[3]
June 29 -
Robin Hood Cave Horse
, a fragment of rib engraved with a
horse
's head, discovered by Rev. J. M. Mello at
Creswell Crags
in the north east midlands of England, the only piece of
Upper Paleolithic
portable art
showing an animal to be found in Britain.
[4]
[5]
[6]
October - Excavations by
John Clayton
in
Coventina
's Well at
Carrawburgh
on
Hadrian's Wall
yield at least 13,400
Roman coins
.
[7]
Publications
Amelia Edwards
-
A Thousand Miles up the Nile
.
[8]
Births
March 19 -
John Marshall
,
English
Director-General of the
Archaeological Survey of India
(died
1958
).
[9]
May 5 -
John Garstang
, English
archaeologist
of the
Near East
(died
1956
).
[10]
Deaths
August 19 -
George Smith
, English
Assyriologist
(born
1840
)
[11]
See also
Ancient Egypt
/
Egyptology
References
^
Schliemann, Heinrich (1878).
Mykena
.
^
"The Mask of Agamemnon: An Example of Electroformed Reproduction of Artworks Made by E. Gilliéron in the Early Twentieth Century"
.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"Behind the Mask of Agamemnon - Archaeology Magazine Archive"
.
archive.archaeology.org
. Archived from
the original
on 17 March 2013
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"Horse engraving on bone"
.
Explore
.
British Museum
. 2011. Archived from
the original
on 2011-10-16
. Retrieved
2024-06-24
– via Wayback Machine.
^
Sieveking, Ann (1987).
A catalogue of palaeolithic art in the British Museum
. London: British Museum. pp. 112–.
ISBN
978-0-7141-1376-0
. Retrieved
2011-10-14
.
^
Pettitt, P. B. (2003).
"Discovery, nature and preliminary thoughts about Britain's first cave art"
.
researchgate.net
. Retrieved
2018-01-02
.
^
Allason-Jones, Lindsay
; McKay, Bruce (1985).
Coventina's Well: a shrine on Hadrian's Wall
. Hexham: Trustees of the Clayton Collection.
ISBN
0-946897-05-0
.
^
"Thousand miles nile - Egyptology"
.
Cambridge University Press
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"Sir John Hubert Marshall (Biographical details)"
.
britishmuseum.org
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"John Garstang"
.
Britannica.com
. Retrieved
24 May
2017
.
^
"Smith, George 1840-1876"
.
worldcat.org
. Retrieved
16 May
2017
.
Categories
:
1876
Archaeology by year
1870s in science
1876 in science
Hidden categories:
Articles with short description
Short description is different from Wikidata
Short description matches Wikidata
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