1893 in archaeology

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The year 1893 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

September 11–October 25 - Augustus Pitt Rivers excavates Wor Barrow ditch.^[1]
Wilhelm Dörpfeld begins his excavations of Troy.
House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii. Built in early 1st century AD. Excavated the year of silver wedding anniversary of Italy's King Humbert and his wife, Margherita of Savoy, who have supported archaeological fieldwork at Pompeii.

Baron J. de Baye - The Industrial Arts of the Anglo-Saxons. Sonnenschein, London.
Gustaf Nordenskiöld - The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde, Southwestern Colorado, Their Pottery and Their Implements. P. A. Norstedt and Soner, Stockholm-Chicago.
Alois Riegl - Stilfragen: Grundlegungen zu einer Geschichte der Ornamentik, George Siemens, Berlin.

Jacques de Morgan discovers six boats near the Middle Kingdom pyramid of Senwosret III at Dahshur.
First finds from the Butmir culture near Sarajevo.

↑ Thompson, M. W. (1977). General Pitt-Rivers: evolution and archaeology in the 19th century. Bradford-on-Avon: Moonraker Press. pp. 105–7. ISBN 0-239-00162-1.

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