1861 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1861.

Explorations

• First scientific investigations of Nalanda Mahavihara in Bihar.
• British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham identifies the ancient city of Vaishali with the present-day village of Basrah in Bihar.

Excavations

• June - First modern excavation of the Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe on Orkney by James Farrer.^[1]
• Excavation of Long Hole Cave in Glamorgan reveals prehistoric flint artefacts.^[2]
• Excavation of Umm al-Amad, Lebanon, by Ernest Renan, abandoned when he finds that the ruins are only about two thousand years old.^[3]
• Excavation of Vergina by Leon Heuzey.

Finds

Publications

• Edward Burnett Tylor - Anahuac: Or Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern.

Events

• Archaeological Survey of India founded.

Births

• October 6 - Gaston Cros, French army officer and archaeologist (killed in action 1915)

Deaths

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1860 in archaeology
• 1862 in archaeology

References

1. Ritchie, Graham; Anna (1981). Scotland: Archaeology and Early History. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 9. ISBN 0-500-27365-0.
2. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1976). An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-11-700588-4.
3. Mission de Phénicie.