1848 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1838.

Explorations

 * First scientific expedition visits Tikal, Guatemala

Publications

 * Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis
 * First volume of Austen H. Layard's Nineveh and its Remains
 * Final volume of Lord Kingsborough's 9 volume Antiquities of Mexico

Finds

 * By March 3 - Gibraltar 1, a female skull from Forbes' Quarry in Gibraltar, later identified as Neanderthal, is found by Capt. Edmund Flint RN
 * May 3 - The Benty Grange hanging bowl and Benty Grange helmet from a tumulus on Benty Grange farm in the Peak District of England
 * Neolithic hoard at East Ayton in England