• Source: 1861 in archaeology

      • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1861.


      Explorations


      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


      June - First modern excavation of the Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe on Orkney by James Farrer.
      Excavation of Long Hole Cave in Glamorgan reveals prehistoric flint artefacts.
      Excavation of Umm al-Amad, Lebanon, by Ernest Renan, abandoned when he finds that the ruins are only about two thousand years old.
      Excavation of Vergina by Leon Heuzey.


      Finds




      Publications


      Edward Burnett Tylor - Anahuac: Or Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern.


      Events


      Archaeological Survey of India founded.


      Births


      October 6 - Gaston Cros, French army officer and archaeologist (killed in action 1915)


      Deaths




      See also


      List of years in archaeology
      1860 in archaeology
      1862 in archaeology


      References

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