1853 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1853.

Explorations

• Alexander Cunningham examines and describes the ruins at Harappa in the Punjab
• John Thurnam begins investigating tumuli around Knap Hill in Wiltshire, England

Excavations

Finds

• Hormuzd Rassam excavates the clay tablets which will be deciphered as Epic of Gilgamesh
• Winter 1853–54 – Archaeologist Ferdinand Keller identifies the remains of the Meilen–Rorenhaab site, first of the prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich to be located.[1][2][3]

Births

• June 3 – Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)
• December 26 – Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German architect and archaeologist (d. 1940)[4]

Deaths

• June 8 – Howard Vyse, English soldier and Egyptologist (b. 1784)
• Charles Masson, British explorer of Buddhist sites (b. 1800)

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1852 in archaeology
• 1854 in archaeology

References

1. Keller, Ferdinand (1854). "Die keltischen Pfahlbauten in den Schweizerseen". Mittheilungen der Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich. 1.
2. Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Keller, Ferdinand" . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
3. "Sites Switzerland: Meilen-Rorenhaab (CH-ZH-09)". palafittes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
4. "Wilhelm Dorpfeld - German archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2017.