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Encyclopedia > 1874 in archaeology

1874 in archaeology 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ...


See also: 1873 in archaeology, other events of 1874, 1875 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology. 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The following entries cover events related to the study of archaeology which occurred in the listed year. ...

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May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... Plate LXXA shows detail on a ceremonial walking staff found buried with Tutankhamun; it depicts the two foes, or the Northern and Southern enemies of Egypt. ...

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Anita's Bookshelf: Anthropology/Archaeology Books (1183 words)
Race and the Archaeology of Identity (Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry), (University of Utah Press, 2001).
Archaeology and Created Memory: Public History in a National Park, (Plenum, 2000).
Historical Archaeology in Wachovia: Excavation of Eighteenth Century Bethabara and Moravian Pottery, (Plenum Press, 1999).
Adobe Walls (235 words)
In the spring of 1874 a handful of men and one woman set out for the Texas Panhandle to seek their fortunes in the great buffalo hunt.
They intended to establish a trading post to serve the hunters, or "hide men," and at a place called Adobe Walls they dug blocks from the sod and built their center of operations.
BILLY R. was curator of archaeology at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas.
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