The year 1893 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

• September 11–October 25 - Augustus Pitt Rivers excavates Wor Barrow ditch.^[1]
• Wilhelm D rpfeld begins his excavations of Troy.
• House of the Silver Wedding, Pompeii. Built in early 1st century AD. Excavated the year of silver wedding anniversary of Italy's King Humbert and his wife, Margherita of Savoy, who have supported archaeological fieldwork at Pompeii.

Publications

• Baron J. de Baye - The Industrial Arts of the Anglo-Saxons. Sonnenschein, London.
• Gustaf Nordenski ld - The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde, Southwestern Colorado, Their Pottery and Their Implements. P. A. Norstedt and Soner, Stockholm-Chicago.
• Alois Riegl - Stilfragen: Grundlegungen zu einer Geschichte der Ornamentik, George Siemens, Berlin.

Finds

• Jaques de Morgan discovers six boats near the Middle Kingdom pyramid of Senwosret III at Dahshur.
• First finds from the Butmir culture near Sarajevo.

Awards

Miscellaneous

Births

• Frans Blom, Mayanist

Deaths

• November 28: Alexander Cunningham, archaeologist of India

References

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