Below are notable events in
archaeology that occurred in
1882
Events
January–March
* January 2
** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...
.
Explorations
* Expeditions led by
Alfred Maudslay and
Désiré Charnay independently arrive at the
Maya site of
Yaxchilan.
* Nature of site at
Heuneburg identified by Eduard Paulus.
Excavations
*
Carl Humann
Carl Humann (first name also ''Karl''; 4 January 1839 – 12 April 1896) was a German engineer, architect and archaeologist. He discovered the Pergamon Altar.
Biography
Early Years
Humann was born in Steele, part of today's Essen - German ...
works at
Smyrna (with
Alfred von Domaszewski) on behalf of the
Prussian Academy of Sciences and at
Sam'al for the
Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft.
*
Gaston Maspero first excavates at
Lisht in Egypt, including the
Pyramid of Amenemhet I.
*
Panagiotis Stamatakis
Panagiotis Stamatakis ( el, Παναγιώτης Σταµατάκης) (c.1840–1885) (sometimes anglicised as Panayotis or Stamatakes) was a Greek archaeologist. He is noted particularly for his role in supervising the excavations of Heinrich S ...
begins excavation of the group tomb of the warriors from
Thespiae who fell in the
Battle of Delium (424 BCE) in
Boeotia.
*
Eugène Eschassériaux excavates ''le camp
Thénac Peu-Richard'' in France.
* The
Archaeological Society of Athens, along with
Demetrios Philios and
Wilhelm Dörpfeld, begins excavation of
Eleusis
Elefsina ( el, Ελευσίνα ''Elefsina''), or Eleusis (; Ancient Greek: ''Eleusis'') is a suburban city and Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in the West Attica regional unit of Greece. It is situated about northwest ...
.
Publications
*
Robert Munro - ''Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings or Crannogs''.
Finds
*
Vače situla
Miscellaneous
* The
Egypt Exploration Fund
The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) is a British non-profit organization. The society was founded in 1882 by Amelia Edwards and Reginald Stuart Poole in order to examine and excavate in the areas of Egypt and Sudan. The intent was to study and an ...
is set up in the UK by
Amelia Edwards and
Reginald Stuart Poole.
* The
Ancient Monuments Protection Act is passed in the
United Kingdom and establishes protection of ancient monuments.
General Pitt-Rivers is appointed the first Inspector of Ancient Monuments.
Births
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Deaths
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References
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