1877 in archaeology

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"Gateway of the Sun" at Tiahuanaco, as published in Ephraim G. Squier's Peru: Incidents of Travel

The year 1877 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Artist and photographer William Henry Jackson participates in the Hayden Survey of the Western United States, producing maps of Chaco Canyon, but no photographs due to technical problems.

French diplomat and archaeologist Ernest de Sarzec begins excavation at Girsu in Mesopotamia (which he believes to be Lagash).
George Smith excavates Later Stone Age tools in caves near Smithfield, Free State.

May 8 - Hermes and the Infant Dionysus (attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles) first uncovered at Olympia by German archaeologist Ernst Curtius.

Canon William Greenwell - British Barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England; together with description of figures of skulls, general remarks on prehistoric crania, and an appendix by George Rolleston.
John Postlethwaite - Mines and Mining in the Lake District.
Ephraim G. Squier - Peru: Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas.

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