1874 in archaeology

Table of years in archaeology
	1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884;
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The year 1874 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

William Henry Jackson of the Hayden Survey photographs the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.^[1]

March 9: Herbert Maryon, English sculptor, archaeologist, and conservator (d. 1965)^[3]
May 9: Howard Carter, Egyptologist (d. 1939)^[4]

^ Webb, Robert H. (2010-11-15). Repeat Photography: Methods and Applications in the Natural Sciences. Island Press. p. 300. ISBN 9781610910064.
^ Cunningham, Alexander (1879). The Stûpa of Bharhut: a Buddhist monument ornamented with numerous sculptures illustrative of Buddhist legend and history in the third century B.C. London: W. H. Allen.
^ "Herbert James Maryon". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951. University of Glasgow History of Art. 2011a. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^ "Howard Carter - British archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 31 May 2017.