1846 in archaeology

Explorations

• Johann Georg Ramsauer discovers a large prehistoric cemetery near Hallstatt.
• Ephraim Squier and Edwin Davis find and describe Serpent Mound.

Excavations

Publications

• John Disney publishes first edition of Museum Disneianum
• Journal of the British Archaeological Association first published

Events

• The Smithsonian Institution is founded in Washington, D.C.
• The Cambrian Archaeological Association is founded in Wales by Harry Longueville Jones and John Williams (Ab Ithel) and launches its journal Archaeologia Cambrensis

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1845 in archaeology
• 1847 in archaeology

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