Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1861.
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Explorations
edit- First scientific investigations of Nalanda Mahavihara in Bihar.
- British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham identifies the ancient city of Vaishali with the present-day village of Basrah in Bihar.
Excavations
edit- June - First modern excavation of the Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe on Orkney by James Farrer.[1]
- Excavation of Long Hole Cave in Glamorgan reveals prehistoric flint artefacts.[2]
- Excavation of Umm al-Amad, Lebanon, by Ernest Renan, abandoned when he finds that the ruins are only about two thousand years old.[3]
- Excavation of Vergina by Leon Heuzey.
Finds
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Publications
edit- Edward Burnett Tylor - Anahuac: Or Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern.
Events
edit- Archaeological Survey of India founded.
Births
edit- October 6 - Gaston Cros, French army officer and archaeologist (killed in action 1915)
Deaths
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ritchie, Graham; Anna (1981). Scotland: Archaeology and Early History. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 9. ISBN 0-500-27365-0.
- ^ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1976). An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-11-700588-4.
- ^ Mission de Phénicie.