The year 1801 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

* The first complete mastodon skeleton is excavated, before dinosaurs were discovered.

Publications

Finds

Awards

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Events

* The first of the Elgin Marbles brought from Athens to London by

Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (; 20 July 176614 November 1841) was a British nobleman, soldier, politician and diplomat, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin Ma ...

Births

* Joseph Barnard Davis, English

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1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The C ...

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Deaths

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