1816 in archaeology
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The year 1816 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
Excavations
- March - The stupa at Amaravathi village, Guntur district, is recorded and excavated by Colin Mackenzie.[1]
- The North Leigh Roman Villa, in Oxfordshire is extensively excavated between 1813 and 1816, when its plan is recovered and interior features are reported.
- Giovanni Battista Caviglia begins work at Giza Necropolis.
Finds
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Events
- Christian Jürgensen Thomsen is appointed curator of the collections of the Museum of Northern Antiquities in Copenhagen, where he begins to organize them according to the three-age system.
- The Elgin Marbles are purchased by the British government from Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, for the British Museum in London.
Publications
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Births
- September 16 - Charles Thomas Newton, English Classical archaeologist (d. 1894).
Deaths
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References
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