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1840 in archaeology

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Explorations

  • John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood explore ruins of the Maya civilization including Quiriguá, Q'umarkaj, Palenque, and Uxmal.

    • Publications

  • Charles Roach Smith - Collectanea Antiqua, vol. 1.

    • Finds

  • Cuerdale Hoard discovered by stoneworkers in Lancashire, England.

    • Births

  • February 7 - Charles Warren, British Biblical archaeologist (d. 1927)
  • March 26 - George Smith, British Assyriologist (d. 1876)
  • August 6 - Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, Swiss-born New World archaeologist (d. 1914)

    • References

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