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"Gateway of the Sun" at Tiahuanaco, as published by E.G.Squier, "Peru: Incidents of Travel"

The year 1877 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Artist and photographer William Henry Jackson participates in the Hayden Survey of the Western United States, producing maps of Chaco Canyon, but no photographs due to technical problems.

Excavations

Publications

• Canon William Greenwell publishes his British Barrows.
• Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas by Ephraim G. Squier.

Finds

• Hermes by Praxiteles at Olympia.
• Ruins of Lagash discovered by Ernest de Sarzec.

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

• June 16 - Karel Absolon, Czech archaeologist

Deaths

• October 17 - Johann Carl Fuhlrott, discoverer of Neanderthal Man

See also

• Ancient Greece / Prehistoric man