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1846 in archaeology

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1846 in archaeology

Contents

Explorations

  • Johann Georg Ramsauer discovers a large prehistoric cemetery near Hallstatt.
  • Ephraim Squier and Edwin Davis find and describe Serpent Mound.

    • Publications

  • John Disney publishes first edition of Museum Disneianum
  • Journal of the British Archaeological Association first published

    • Events

  • The Smithsonian Institution is founded in Washington, D.C.
  • The Cambrian Archaeological Association is founded in Wales by Harry Longueville Jones and John Williams (Ab Ithel) and launches its journal Archaeologia Cambrensis

    • References

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