1892 In Archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1892. Explorations * August - Survey of Coldrum Long Barrow in south east England. Excavations * Excavations to uncover the fortifications of Thebes, Greece, are begun by lawyer Eustratios Kalopais. Finds * Glastonbury Lake Village discovered by Arthur Bulleid in the Somerset Levels of England. * Gough's Cave discovered in Cheddar Gorge (Somerset), England. * " Venus of Brassempouy" discovered in France. * The second of the Caryatids of Eleusis discovered in Eleusis, Greece. Publications Miscellaneous * The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is founded. * Sir William Ridgeway is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge. Births *April 14 - V. Gordon Childe, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Ta ...
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