1879 in archaeology

1879 in archaeology

The year 1879 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

Finds

*Bison, on the ceiling of a cave at Altamira, Spain. c. 12000 BC. Accepted as authentic in 1902.

Publications

Events

* Establishment of the Bureau of Ethnology.
*Percy Gardner is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.

Births

*13 July - Alan Wace

Deaths

ee also

* Cave art / Bison


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