1827 in archaeology
The year 1827 CE in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.
See also: 1826 in archaeology, other events of 1827, 1828 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology.
Excavations
- May 17 - St Cuthbert's coffin at Durham Cathedral.
- Caspar Reuvens, professor of archaeology at Leiden University, begins excavation of Forum Hadriani, an important Roman site in the Netherlands, which will last into the 1830s.
Births
- April 14 - Augustus Henry Lane-Fox, English archaeologist (died 1900 as Augustus Pitt Rivers).