1850 in archaeology

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Table of years in archaeology
… 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 …
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… 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 … … 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s … … 18th century 19th century 20th century …
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1850 in archaeology

Explorations

Excavations

First excavations at Uruk by William Kennett Loftus (continues to 1854).

Finds

Skara Brae revealed by weather.
Tara Brooch (c.700 AD) found near Laytown, County Meath, Ireland.

Publications

Births

Alfred Maudslay, explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization
Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist, author of many books on ancient Dacia

Deaths

See also

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