1838 in archaeology

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1838 in archaeology

Explorations

• August 31 - Scottish-born scene painter David Roberts sets sail for Egypt (with the encouragement of J. M. W. Turner) to produce a series of drawings of the region for use as the basis for paintings and chromolithographs.

Finds

• The 5th century BC bronze Chatsworth Head (found on Cyprus in 1836) is acquired by the 6th Duke of Devonshire at Smyrna from H. P. Borrell.^[1]
• Etruscan statuettes found in Lake of the Idols.
• Winter 1837/38 - The Neolithic settlement of Rinyo on Rousay in Orkney (Scotland) is discovered.

Publications

• Rifa'a el-Tahtawi publishes The History of Ancient Egyptians.
• Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes publishes the first part of De La Création, Essai sur L'Origine et la Progression des Êtres.
• Jean-Frédéric Waldeck publishes the first detailed account of the Maya ruins of Uxmal.

Deaths

• May 19 - Sir Richard Colt Hoare, English archaeologist (b. 1758).

References

1. Wace, A. J. B. (1938). "The Chatsworth Head". The Journal of Hellenic Studies 58 (1): 90–95. doi:10.2307/626437. Retrieved 2013-11-05.