Below are notable events in
archaeology that occurred in
1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
.
Explorations
*
William Matthew Flinders Petrie travels to
Egypt and conducts a survey of the
Great Pyramid of Giza.
Excavations
*
Nicolay Nicolaysen excavates the
Gokstad ship in
Norway.
*
Heinrich Schliemann begins excavation around the Tomb of
Minyas at
Orchomenus (Boeotia).
Finds
* The foundations of a
convent, first erected in 670, discovered at
Minster in Kent.
*
Varvakeion Athena
The Varvakeion Athena is a Roman-era statue of Athena Parthenos now part of the collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. It is generally considered to be the most faithful reproduction of the chryselephantine statue made by Phid ...
.
* The mandible of a
Neanderthal child is discovered in a secure context in
Å ipka
Šipka is a cave located near Štramberk, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, 440 m above sea level. In 1880, a mandible of a Neanderthal child was found there. The age of the child has been estimated to be between 9 and 10 years.Jiřà ...
cave in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Czech Republic) associated with cultural debris including hearths,
Mousterian tools and bones of extinct animals.
Publications
*
Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola and Juan Vilanova y Piera publish their initial findings on the paintings in the
Cave of Altamira, suggesting to initial scepticism that they are of the
Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone too ...
period.
* ''
The Journal of Hellenic Studies'' begins publication.
Births
* April 11 –
Julio C. Tello
Julio César Tello (April 11, 1880 – June 3, 1947) was a Peruvian Archaeology, archaeologist. Tello is considered the "father of Peruvian archeology" and was the first indigenous people of the Americas, indigenous archaeologist in South America ...
,
Peruvian archaeologist (d.
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
)
* April 17 –
Leonard Woolley
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April 1880 – 20 February 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his Excavation (archaeology), excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first "modern" archaeologists who excavat ...
, British archaeologist of Mesopotamia (d.
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
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)
Deaths
References
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