- Source: 1899 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1899.
Events
31 December: A large standing stone at Stonehenge falls over.
Explorations
Tell Halaf, Syria, discovered by Max von Oppenheim.
Excavations
Excavations of Babylon by Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft directed by Robert Koldewey begin.
Excavation of Anglo-Saxon town wall in Clarendon Quadrangle of Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, England.
Finds
Chinese oracle bones from the site of Yinxu are identified by Wang Yirong, director of the Imperial College of China, as carrying Shang dynasty writing.
Roman Empire-related silver plate is found near Qalagah, Azerbaijan.
Södermanland runic inscription 140.
Sand quarriers find over 800 fragmentary Neanderthal remains representing at least 12 and likely as many as 70 individuals on the hill of Hušnjakovo in Krapina in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Croatia), identified by Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger.
Publications
John Myres - A catalogue of the Cyprus museum, with a chronicle of excavations undertaken since the British occupation, and introductory notes on Cypriote archaeology.
Ernest-Théodore Hamy - article on the Dumbarton Oaks birthing figure.
Births
30 December: Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer; co-discoverer of Viking artifacts at L'Anse aux Meadows (d. 2001).
William Duncan Strong, American archaeologist and anthropologist (d. 1962).
See also
List of years in archaeology
1898 in archaeology
1900 in archaeology