1843 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1843.

Excavations

 * Paul-Émile Botta begins excavations at Khorsabad.
 * Amateur excavations of Jordan Hill Roman Temple in Dorset, England.

Finds

 * Tomb of Menecrates (c. 600 BCE) on Corfu.
 * Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Kent, England.

Publications

 * Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood
 * The History of the Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott
 * Mittelitalien vor den Zeiten der römischen Herrschaft, nach den Denkmälern by Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken

Events

 * c. January: The Singapore Stone is blown up.
 * September: The Alexander Mosaic is moved from Pompeii to Naples.
 * British Archaeological Association founded.
 * Edward Simpson begins forgery of stone implements in England.

Births

 * June 4 - Charles Conrad Abbott, American archaeologist and naturalist (d. 1919)
 * September 9 - Oscar Montelius, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1921)

Deaths

 * January 29 - Wilhelm Ludwig Abeken, German Classical archaeologist (b. 1813)
 * June 4 - Ippolito Rosellini, Tuscan Egyptologist (b. 1800)