1859 in archaeology 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...

Explorations

Excavations

Publications

• J. M. García publishes an account of Monte Albán

Monte Albán is a large archeological site in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. ...

Finds

Awards

Miscellaneous

• Royal Geographical Society is given a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

The Royal Geographical Society is a learned society, founded in 1830 with the name Geographical Society of London for the advancement of geographical science, under the patronage of King William IV. It absorbed the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa (founded by Joseph Banks in... A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May, 1819 – 22 January, 1901) was the eminent Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June, 1837, and Empress of India from 1 January, 1877, until her death in 1901. ...

Births

Deaths

• 6 May: Alexander von Humboldt, explorer, writer

May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von Humboldt, (September 14, 1769, Berlin–May 6, 1859, Berlin), was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt. ...

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1858 in archaeology
• 1860 in archaeology