List of years in archaeology       (table)
… 1877 .  1878 .  1879 .  1880  . 1881  . 1882  . 1883 … 1884 1885 1886 -1887- 1888 1889 1890 … 1891 .  1892 .  1893 .  1894  . 1895  . 1896  . 1897 …    In science: 1884 1885 1886 -1887- 1888 1889 1890
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The year 1887 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

Finds

Publications

Events

Miscellaneous

• The Reverend George Brown elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.

Births

• January 27 - Carl William Blegen
• Neil Merton Judd

Deaths