1848 in archaeology
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ExplorationsEdit
- First scientific expedition visits Tikal
ExcavationsEdit
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PublicationsEdit
- Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis[1]
- First volume of Austen H. Layard's Nineveh and its Remains
- Final volume of Lord Kingsborough's 9 volume Antiquities of Mexico
FindsEdit
- By March 3 - Gibraltar 1, a female skull from Forbes' Quarry in Gibraltar, later identified as Neanderthal, is found by Capt. Edmund Flint RN
- May 3 - Benty Grange helmet from a tumulus on Benty Grange farm in the Peak District of England
- Neolithic hoard at East Ayton in England
AwardsEdit
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MiscellaneousEdit
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BirthsEdit
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DeathsEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley". World Digital Library. 1848. Retrieved 2013-07-29.