1889 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1889.

Excavations

 * Early excavations at Lindholm Høje.
 * Birka female Viking warrior in Sweden.
 * Excavations in Plataea by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens begin.

Finds

 * October – Folkton Drums (decorated Neolithic chalk cylinders) found in a barrow in Yorkshire, England.
 * Tauroctony found in Walbrook adjacent to the site of the London Mithraeum.

Births

 * January 22 – Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Italian archaeologist, environmentalist and senator (d. 1963)
 * July 18 – Axel Boëthius, Swedish-born archaeologist of Etruscan culture (d. 1969)
 * August 5 – Rhys Carpenter, American Classical art historian (d. 1980)
 * December 1 – Alexander Keiller, Scottish archaeologist of Avebury (d. 1955)