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1894 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1894.

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Publications

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  • In the 12th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Cyrus Thomas' detailed report on the Mound Builders demolishes the earlier theory that ancient mounds in the United States were built by a "lost race", and shows they were built by the ancestors of modern Native Americans.

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References

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  1. ^ Thompson, M. W. (1977). General Pitt-Rivers: evolution and archaeology in the nineteenth century. Bradford-on-Avon: Moonraker Press. pp. 105–7. ISBN 0-239-00162-1.
  2. ^ Haverfield, F. (1895). "On a milestone of Carausius and other recent Roman finds". Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 13: 437.
  3. ^ "Sir Austen Henry Layard - British archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2017.