1849 in archaeology

Overview of the events of 1849 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1849.

## Explorations

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* U.S. Army Lt. James H. Simpson leads the Washington Expedition, a military reconnaissance team which surveys Navajo lands and records cultural sites in Chaco Canyon. Illustrations created by the Kern brothers are included in a government report.
* U.S. Navy Capt. William F. Lynch identifies Tell el Kadi as the site of the ancient city of Dan.[1]
* Site of Uruk discovered by William Loftus.

## Excavations

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* Tunnel dug into Silbury Hill.

## Publications

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* Austen H. Layard's Illustrations of the Monuments of Nineveh.
* Karl Richard Lepsius' Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien.

## Finds

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* Find on Whaddon Chase, Buckinghamshire, England of a hoard of Iron Age gold staters.

## Births

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* November 8 — Maxime Collignon, French archaeologist (d. 1917)[2]
* December 5 — Eduard Seler, German Mesoamericanist (d. 1922)[3]

## Deaths

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## See also

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* List of years in archaeology
* 1848 in archaeology
* 1850 in archaeology

## References

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1. ^ Lynch, W. F. (1849). Narrative of the United States Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea. London: Richard Bentley. p. 472.
2. ^ "Maxime Collignon - Dictionary of Art Historians". arthistorians.info. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
3. ^ Riedel, Franka Böck und Thomas (2013). Blut ist ein ganz besonderer Saft: Blut & Kreislaufsystem von der Antike zur Moderne (in German). epubli. p. 18\. ISBN 9783844261844.

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