1810 in archaeology

The year 1810 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

 * Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.
 * Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England: Second excavations by William Cunnington and Richard Colt Hoare.

Publications

 * Alexander von Humboldt publishes illustrated accounts of Pre-Columbian ruins of Mesoamerica including Mitla and Xochicalco.
 * Richard Colt Hoare begins publication of The Ancient History of Wiltshire in England.

Births

 * 11 April: Henry Rawlinson, English Assyriologist (d. 1895).
 * 26 July: Henry Christy, English ethnologist, archaeologist and sponsor (d. 1865).

Deaths

 * 30 March: Luigi Lanzi, Italian archaeologist (b 1732).
 * 31 December: William Cunnington, English antiquarian (b. 1754).