1882 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1882.

Explorations

 * Expeditions led by Alfred Maudslay and Désiré Charnay independently arrive at the Maya site of Yaxchilan.
 * Nature of site at Heuneburg identified by Eduard Paulus.

Excavations

 * Carl Humann works at Smyrna (with Alfred von Domaszewski) on behalf of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and at Sam'al for the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft.
 * Gaston Maspero first excavates at Lisht in Egypt, including the Pyramid of Amenemhet I.
 * Panagiotis Stamatakis begins excavation of the group tomb of the warriors from Thespiae who fell in the Battle of Delium (424 BCE) in Boeotia.
 * Eugène Eschassériaux excavates le camp Thénac Peu-Richard in France.
 * The Archaeological Society of Athens, along with Demetrios Philios and Wilhelm Dörpfeld, begins excavation of Eleusis.

Publications

 * Robert Munro - Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings or Crannogs.

Finds

 * Vače situla

Miscellaneous

 * The Egypt Exploration Fund is set up in the UK by Amelia Edwards and Reginald Stuart Poole.
 * The Ancient Monuments Protection Act is passed in the United Kingdom and establishes protection of ancient monuments. General Pitt-Rivers is appointed the first Inspector of Ancient Monuments.