List of years in archaeology       (table)
… 1890 .  1891 .  1892 .  1893  . 1894  . 1895  . 1896 … 1897 1898 1899 -1900- 1901 1902 1903 … 1904 .  1905 .  1906 .  1907  . 1908  . 1909  . 1910 …    In science: 1897 1898 1899 -1900- 1901 1902 1903
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1780s . 1790s in archaeology . 1800

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Contents 1 Explorations 2 Excavations 3 Publications 4 Finds 5 Awards 6 Miscellaneous 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

Explorations

Excavations

• March 16: Arthur Evans purchases Knossos and soon after begins excavations
• University of Pennsylvania excavations at Nippur conclude (began in 1888)

Publications

Finds

• Dr. James K. Hampson documents find of the Island 35 Mastodon skeleton
• October: Greek sponge divers discover the Antikythera wreck

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

Deaths

• May 4: Augustus Pitt Rivers, ethnologist & archaeologist

See also

• list of years in archaeology
• 1899 in archaeology
• 1901 in archaeology

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