1865 in archaeology

The year 1865 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Explorations

Excavations

Publications

  • Joseph Barnard Davis and John Thurnam complete publication of Crania Britannica: delineations and descriptions of the skulls of the aboriginal and early inhabitants of the British islands.
  • John Lubbock publishes Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages, including his coinage of the term Palæolithic.[1]
  • Joseph-Alexander Martigny publishes Dictionnaire des antiquités chrétiennes.
  • Edward Burnett Tylor publishes Researches into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization.

Finds

Events

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "Palaeolithic, adj. and n.". Oxford English Dictionary online version (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-02-24. (subscription or participating institution membership required)
  2. "The History of the PEF". pef.org.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. "James Henry Breasted". britannica.com. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  4. "Foucher, A. (Alfred) 1865-1952". worldcat.org. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. Edwards, Edward (17 June 2010). Lives of the Founders of the British Museum: With Notices of Its Chief Augmentors and Other Benefactors, 1570-1870. Cambridge University Press. p. 43. ISBN 9781108014953.
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