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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