List of years in archaeology

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In science: 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1854.

Explorations

Giovanni Battista de Rossi discovers the Catacomb of Callixtus in Rome.
Karl von Scherzer examines and writes a description of Quiriguá, a Maya site in Guatemala.
Thomas Wright investigates Kit's Coty House, the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow in Kent, England.

Excavations

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Publications

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Finds

Coleraine Hoard in the north of Ireland.
Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England.

Awards

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Miscellaneous

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Births

August 26 - Kate Bradbury Griffith, English Egyptologist (d. 1902)

Deaths

September 27 - Frederick Catherwood (b. 1799)

See also

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