Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1889.
Excavations Early excavations at Lindholm Høje. Birka female Viking warrior in Sweden. Excavations in Plataea by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens begin.
Finds October – Folkton Drums (decorated Neolithic chalk cylinders) found in a barrow in Yorkshire, England. Tauroctony found in Walbrook adjacent to the site of the London Mithraeum.
Births January 22 – Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Italian archaeologist, environmentalist and senator (d. 1963) July 18 – Axel Boëthius, Swedish-born archaeologist of Etruscan culture (d. 1969) August 5 – Rhys Carpenter, American Classical art historian (d. 1980) December 1 – Alexander Keiller, Scottish archaeologist of Avebury (d. 1955)
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