1816 in archaeology

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The year 1816 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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.

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.

Births

• September 16 - Charles Thomas Newton, English Classical archaeologist (d. 1894).

References

1. "Plan of the Stupa, Amaravati". British Library. Retrieved 2013-01-02.