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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1890.

Explorations

  • Alfred Maudslay begins his documentation of the Maya ruins of Palenque.

Excavations

  • Arthur Evans excavates a Belgae cemetery site at Aylesford.
  • J.R. Mortimer begins excavations at Duggleby Howe.
  • The Society of Antiquaries of London begins its excavations of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester Roman Town).
  • Merv.
  • Flinders Petrie excavates at Tell el-Hesi, Palestine (mistakenly identified as Lachish), the first scientific excavation of an archaeological site in the Holy Land, during which he discovers how tells are formed.

Finds

  • Saltley handaxe excavated in Birmingham, the first paleolithic human artefact found in The Midlands of England.
  • Hermes Criophorus statue found in Troezen, Greece.

Births

  • April 21: Benno Landsberger, German Assyriologist (d. 1968)
  • September 10: Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist (d. 1976)

Deaths

  • July 14: John Clayton, English antiquarian (b. 1792)
  • August 2: Charles Roach Smith, British archaeologist; co-founder of the British Archaeological Association (b. 1807)
  • October 28: Jean Baptiste Holzmayer, German archaeologist (b. 1839)
  • December 26: Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist, excavator of Troy (b. 1822)

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