1831 in archaeology

The year 1831 CE in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.

Explorations

 * Juan Galindo explores the Maya ruins of Palenque.
 * Charles Nebel makes first survey of El Tajín.

Finds

 * Spring: The Lewis chessmen are found in a sand-bank on the Isle of Lewis
 * 24 October: The Alexander Mosaic is found in the House of the Faun, Pompeii

Births

 * 7 June: Amelia Edwards, English Egyptologist and fiction writer (died 1892)