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1841 In Archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1841. Explorations Excavations * Kyriakos Pittakis carries out the first excavations at Mycenae. Publications * '' Biblical Researches in Palestine, the Sinai, Petrae and Adjacent Regions'' by Edward Robinson, based on his survey conducted over several years, proposes identification of Biblical names with modern sites. * ''Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan'' by John Lloyd Stephens, illustrated by Frederick Catherwood, provides much more accurate information on the ruins of the Maya civilization than previous publications and generates international interest in the subject. Births *Alexander Stuart Murray - Scottish archaeologist and museum curator (died 1904) Deaths See also * List of years in archaeology * 1840 in archaeology * 1842 in archaeology 1842 in archaeology Explorations * Site of Masada discovered. * Karl Richard Lepsius begins an expedition to Egypt and the Sudan co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Civilization
The Maya civilization () of the Mesoamerican people is known by its ancient temples and glyphs. Its Maya script is the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in the pre-Columbian Americas. It is also noted for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system. The Maya civilization developed in the Maya Region, an area that today comprises southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. It includes the northern lowlands of the Yucatán Peninsula and the highlands of the Sierra Madre, the Mexican state of Chiapas, southern Guatemala, El Salvador, and the southern lowlands of the Pacific littoral plain. Today, their descendants, known collectively as the Maya, number well over 6 million individuals, speak more than twenty-eight surviving Mayan languages, and reside in nearly the same area as their ancestors. The Archaic period, before 2000 BC, saw the first developments in agricul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 Archaeological Discoveries
Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the island records a population of about 7,500. * January 27 – The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered, and named by James Clark Ross. * January 28 – Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror. * January 30 – A fire ruins and destroys two-thirds of the villa (modern-day city) of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. * February 4 – First known reference to Groundhog Day in North America, in the diary of a James Morris. * February 10 – The Act of Union (''British North America Act'', 1840) is proclaimed in Canada. * February 11 – The two colonies of the Canadas are merged, into the United Province of Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1842 In Archaeology
1842 in archaeology Explorations * Site of Masada discovered. * Karl Richard Lepsius begins an expedition to Egypt and the Sudan commissioned by King Frederick William IV of Prussia. Excavations Finds Publications * W. F. Ainsworth publishes the first report on Üçayak Byzantine Church. * Karl Lepsius produces the first modern list of pyramids. * David Roberts begins publication of ''The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia'' (chromolithographs). * First known use of the term "Industrial archaeology".Ramos, Paulo Oliveira (2014). "The use of the word "Industrial Archaeology": a theme for a journey through space and time". ''2nd International Congress on Industrial Heritage''. Porto. Births * 12 January: Teoberto Maler, Mayanist Deaths See also * List of years in archaeology * 1841 in archaeology * 1843 in archaeology References {{reflist 1842 archaeological discoveries Archaeology by year Archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1840 In Archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1840. Explorations * John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood explore ruins of the Maya civilization including Quiriguá, Q'umarkaj, Palenque, and Uxmal. Publications * Charles Roach Smith - ''Collectanea Antiqua'', vol. 1. Finds * Cuerdale Hoard discovered by stoneworkers in Lancashire, England. Births *February 7 - Charles Warren, British Biblical archaeologist (d. 1927) *March 26 - George Smith, British Assyriologist (d. 1876) *August 6 - Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, Swiss-born New World archaeologist (d. 1914) See also * List of years in archaeology * 1839 in archaeology * 1841 in archaeology Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1841. Explorations Excavations * Kyriakos Pittakis carries out the first excavations at Mycenae. Publications * '' Biblical Researches in Palestine, the Sinai, Petrae and Adjacent ... References {{reflist 1840s archaeological di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Years In Archaeology
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904 In Archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1904. Events * March 18 – Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904 passed in British India. Explorations * Leo Frobenius makes an expedition to the Kasai region of the Belgian Congo. Excavations * Edward Herbert Thompson dredges artifacts from the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza. * First formal excavations at Aphrodisias in Anatolia, by French railroad engineer Paul Augustin Gaudin, begin. * Oseberg ship. Finds * Tomb of Nefertari discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli. * Winter 1904–5 – Inscription in a form of Proto-Sinaitic script, dated to the mid-19th century BCE, discovered in Sinai by Hilda and Flinders Petrie. * Approximate date – Broe helmet. * Group of Aphrodite, Pan and Eros in Delos, Greece. Publications * Rudolf Ernst Brünnow and Alfred von Domaszewski begin publication of ''Die Provincia Arabia'', containing a detailed description of Petra. Births * January 19 – Pei Wenzhong, founding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Stuart Murray
Alexander Stuart Murray, FBA (8 January 1841March, 1904) was a Scottish archaeologist. He was known for excavations on Cyprus. Life Murray was born at Arbroath, and educated there, at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and at the Universities of Edinburgh and Berlin. In 1867 he entered the British Museum as an assistant in the department of Greek and Roman antiquities under Sir Charles Newton, whom he succeeded in 1886. His younger brother, George Robert Milne Murray (1858–1911), was made keeper of the botanical department in 1895, a rare instance of two brothers becoming heads of departments at the museum. In 1873 Murray published a ''Manual of Mythology'', and in the following year contributed to the ''Contemporary Review'' two articles—one on the Homeric question—which led to a friendship with Mr Gladstone, the other on Greek painters. In 1874 he also published the popular work ''Who's Who in Mythology''. In 1880-1883 he brought out his ''History of Greek Sculpture: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Catherwood
Frederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 – 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens. Their books, ''Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán'' and ''Incidents of Travel in Yucatán'', were best sellers and introduced to the Western world the civilization of the ancient Maya. In 1837, Catherwood was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary member. Mediterranean travels Catherwood, having made many trips to the Mediterranean between 1824 and 1832 to draw the monuments made by the Egyptians, Carthaginians, and Phoenicians, stated that the monuments in the Americas bear no architectural similarity to those in the Old World. Thus, they must have been made by the native people of the area. Catherwood made visits to Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and Pales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. It is usually considered an independent academic discipline, but may also be classified as part of anthropology (in North America – the four-field approach), history or geography. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. Archaeology is distinct from palaeontology, which is the study of fossil remains. Archaeology is particularly important for learning about prehistoric societies, for which, by definition, there are no written records. Prehistory includes over 99% of the human past, from the Paleolithic until the adven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lloyd Stephens
John Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805October 13, 1852) was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. Stephens was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America and in the planning of the Panama railroad. Early life John Lloyd Stephens was born November 28, 1805, in the township of Shrewsbury, New Jersey. He was the second son of Benjamin Stephens, a successful New Jersey merchant, and Clemence Lloyd, daughter of an eminent local judge. The following year the family moved to New York City. There Stephens received an education in the Classics at two privately tutored schools. At the age of 13 he enrolled at Columbia College, graduating at the top of his class four years later in 1822. After studying law with an attorney for a year, he attended the Litchfield Law School. He passed the bar exam after completing his course of study, and practiced in New York City. Stephens embarked on a journey through Europe in 1834, and went on to Egypt an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Robinson (scholar)
Edward Robinson (April 10, 1794 – January 27, 1863) was an American biblical scholar known for his magnum opus, ''Biblical Researches in Palestine'', the first major work in Biblical Geography and Biblical Archaeology, which earned him the epithets "Father of Biblical Geography" and "Founder of Modern Palestinology." He studied in the United States and Germany, a center of biblical scholarship and exploration of the Bible as history. He translated scriptural works from classical languages, as well as German translations. His ''Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament'' (1836; last revision, 1850) became a standard authority in the United States, and was reprinted several times in Great Britain. Biography Robinson was born in Southington, Connecticut, and raised on a farm. His father was a minister in the Congregational Church of the town for four decades. The younger Robinson taught at schools in East Haven and Farmington in 1810–11 to earn money for college. He atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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