1816 in archaeology

The year 1816 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

 * March - The stupa at Amaravathi village, Guntur district, is recorded and excavated by Colin Mackenzie.
 * The North Leigh Roman Villa, in Oxfordshire is extensively excavated between 1813 and 1816, when its plan is recovered and interior features are reported.
 * Giovanni Battista Caviglia begins work at Giza Necropolis.

Events

 * Christian Jürgensen Thomsen is appointed curator of the collections of the Museum of Northern Antiquities in Copenhagen, where he begins to organize them according to the three-age system.
 * The Elgin Marbles are purchased by the British government from Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, for the British Museum in London.

Births

 * September 16 - Charles Thomas Newton, English Classical archaeologist (d. 1894).
 * November 24 - Llewellynn Jewitt, British archaeologist, illustrator and natural scientist (d. 1886).