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The year 1890 in archaeology:

Explorations

• Alfred Maudslay begins his documentation of the Maya ruins of Palenque.

Excavations

• J.R. Mortimer begins excavations at Duggleby Howe.
• The Society of Antiquaries of London begins its excavations of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester Roman Town).
• Merv.

Births

• September 10: Mortimer Wheeler
• April 21: Benno Landsberger

Deaths

• December 26: Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist, excavator of Troy (born 1822).