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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1853.
Explorations
- Alexander Cunningham examines and describes the ruins at Harappa in the Punjab
- John Thurnam begins investigating tumuli around Knap Hill in Wiltshire, England
Finds
- Hormuzd Rassam excavates the clay tablets which will be deciphered as Epic of Gilgamesh
- Winter 1853–54 – Archaeologist Ferdinand Keller identifies the remains of the Meilen–Rorenhaab site, first of the prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich to be located.[1][2][3]
Births
- June 3 – Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942)
- December 26 – Wilhelm Dörpfeld, German architect and archaeologist (d. 1940)[4]
Deaths
- June 8 – Howard Vyse, English soldier and Egyptologist (b. 1784)
- November 5 – Charles Masson, English soldier, explorer of Buddhist sites and numismatist (b. 1800)
See also
References
- Keller, Ferdinand (1854). "Die keltischen Pfahlbauten in den Schweizerseen". Mittheilungen der Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich. 1.
- Wood, James, ed. (1907). . The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
- "Sites Switzerland: Meilen-Rorenhaab (CH-ZH-09)". palafittes.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
- "Wilhelm Dorpfeld - German archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 May 2017.