1889 in archaeology

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The year 1889 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

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.
"Drum". British Museum. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
"Keiller, Alexander (1889-1955), businessman and archaeologist". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

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