1850 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1850.

Excavations

 * First excavations at Uruk by William Kennett Loftus (continues to 1854).

Finds

 * Skara Brae revealed by weather.
 * Tara Brooch (c.700 AD) found near Laytown, County Meath, Ireland.
 * Neolithic site at Barnenez in Brittany recognised as a tumulus.

Births

 * March 18 – Alfred Maudslay, explorer, archaeologist and writer of accounts of the ruins of the Maya civilization (died 1931)
 * September 18 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian historian, archaeologist, epigrapher and folkorist, author of many books on ancient Dacia (died 1909)