1854 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1854.
Explorations
- Giovanni Battista de Rossi discovers the Catacomb of Callixtus in Rome.[1]
- Karl von Scherzer examines and writes a description of Quiriguá, a Maya site in Guatemala.[2]
- Thomas Wright investigates Kit's Coty House, the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow in Kent, England.[3]
Finds
- Coleraine Hoard in the north of Ireland.
- Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England.
Births
- August 26 - Kate Bradbury Griffith, English Egyptologist (d. 1902)
Deaths
- September 27 - Frederick Catherwood (b. 1799)
See also
References
- ↑ Reardon, Wendy J. (2010-09-01). The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6116-5.
- ↑ Woodruff, John M. The “most futile and vain” Work of Father Francisco Ximénez: Rethinking the Context of Popol Vuh. U. Alabama, 2009. Print. Repub. as “Rethinking the Context of Popol Vuh.” https://www.johnwoodruff.com/?p=1972. Accessed 13 Jul 2026. Web.
- ↑ Ashbee, Paul (2000). "The Medway's Megalithic Long Barrows" (PDF). Archaeologia Cantiana. 120: 323.