1840 in archaeology

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1840 in archaeology

Explorations

John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood explore ruins of the Maya civilization including Quiriguá, Q'umarkaj, Palenque, and Uxmal.

Publications

Charles Roach Smith - Collectanea Antiqua, vol. 1.

Finds

Cuerdale Hoard discovered by stoneworkers in Lancashire, England.

Births

February 7 - Charles Warren, British Biblical archaeologist (d. 1927)
March 26 - George Smith, British Assyriologist (d. 1876)
August 6 - Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, Swiss-born New World archaeologist (d. 1914)

See also

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