1851 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1851.

• Some excavation at Susa by William Loftus, who identifies the location.

• J. Collingwood Bruce's The Roman Wall: a historical, topographical, and descriptive account of the barrier of the lower isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway.
• Daniel Wilson's The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland , which introduces the word prehistoric into the English archaeological vocabulary.

• John Disney endows the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge, first held by John Howard Marsden

• 29 June: Jane Dieulafoy, born Jeanne Magre, French archaeologist, excavator of Susa, explorer, novelist and journalist (d. 1916)^[1]
• 8 July: Arthur Evans, English archaeologist best known for discovering the palace of Knossos on Crete (d. 1941)^[2]

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