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1880 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1880.

Explorations

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Excavations

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Finds

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  • The foundations of a convent, first erected in 670, discovered at Minster in Kent.[2]
  • Varvakeion Athena.
  • The mandible of a Neanderthal child is discovered in a secure context in Šipka cave in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern-day Czech Republic) associated with cultural debris including hearths, Mousterian tools and bones of extinct animals.

Publications

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Schliemann, Heinrich (1881). Orchomenos: Bericht über meine Ausgrabungen in Böotischen Orchomenos. Leipzig.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Minster". The Cornishman. No. 122. 11 November 1880. p. 5.
  3. ^ A numismatic index to the "Journal of Hellenic Studies", 1880-1969, by J. R. Jones. W. Heffer and Sons. 1971. ISBN 9780852700563. Retrieved 22 June 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Charles Leonard Woolley". Artifacts of Excavation. The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. Retrieved 22 June 2017.