1887 in archaeology explained

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1887.

Excavations

• June - July - Carl Humann works at Hierapolis.

Finds

• A local woman digging for sebakh at Amarna uncovers a cache of over 300 cuneiform tablets containing diplomatic correspondence of the Pharaohs, now commonly known as the Amarna Letters.
• German submersible Brandtaucher, which sank on trial in the port of Kiel in 1851, is discovered, and on July 5 is raised.

Publications

• William Ivison Macadam - "Notes on the Ancient Iron Industry of Scotland", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
• Augustus Pitt Rivers - Excavations in Cranborne Chase, vol. 1^[1]

Miscellaneous

• The Reverend George Brown is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge.

Births

• January 27 - Carl Blegen, American archaeologist of Greece (d. 1971)^[2]
• October 27 - Neil Judd, American archaeologist (d. 1976)^[3]

Deaths

• September 1 - Jules Desnoyers, French geologist and archaeologist (b. 1800)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Petch. Alison. Cranborne Chase excavations. web.prm.ox.ac.uk. 27 May 2017. en-gb.
2. Web site: Carl Blegen. Britannica.com. 27 May 2017.
3. Web site: Portrait of Neil Merton Judd. Smithsonian Institution Archives. 5 June 2017. en.