1899 in archaeology
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The year 1899 in archaeology involved some significant excavations.
Events
- 31 December: A large standing stone at Stonehenge falls over.
Explorations
- Tell Halaf, Syria, discovered by Max von Oppenheim.
Excavations
- Excavations of Babylon by Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft directed by Robert Koldewey begin.
Finds
- Shang dynasty oracle bones from the site of Yinxu are discovered by Wang Yiron, director of the Imperial College of China.
- Roman Empire-related silver plate is found near Qalagah, Azerbaijan.
- Sand quarriers find over 800 fragmentary Neanderthal remains representing at least 12 and likely as many as 70 individuals on the hill of Hušnjakovo in Krapina in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Croatia), identified by Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger.
Publications
- An article by Ernest-Théodore Hamy about the Dumbarton Oaks birthing figure.[1]
Births
- 30 December: Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer; co-discoverer of Viking artifacts at L'Anse aux Meadows (d. 2001).[2]
- William Duncan Strong, American archaeologist and anthropologist (d. 1962).
References
- ↑ Kelly, John (2014-01-13). "Local Intriguing story behind a stone figure at Dumbarton Oaks". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
- ↑ Fritzinger, Jerald. Pre-Columbian Trans-Oceanic Contact. Lulu.com. p. 116. ISBN 1329972163.
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