1849 in archaeology Explorations U.S. Army Lt. James H. Simpson leads the Washington Expedition, a military reconnaissance team which surveys Navajo lands and records cultural sites in Chaco Canyon. Illustrations created by the Kern brothers are included in a government report. U.S. Navy Capt. William F. Lynch identifies Tell el Kadi as the site of the ancient city of Dan. Site of Uruk discovered by William Loftus. Excavations Tunnel dug into Silbury Hill. Publications Austen H. Layard's Illustrations of the Monuments of Nineveh. Karl Richard Lepsius' Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien. Finds Find on Whaddon Chase, Buckinghamshire, England of a hoard of Iron Age gold staters. Births November 8 — Maxime Collignon, French archaeologist (d. 1917) December 5 — Eduard Seler, German Mesoamericanist (d. 1922) Deaths See also List of years in archaeology 1848 in archaeology 1850 in archaeology References 1849 archaeological discoveries Archaeology by year Archaeology