The year 1851 in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.

See also: other events of 1851

Explorations

Excavations

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

Publications

• 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.

Miscellaneous

• John Disney endows the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge

Births

• 8 July: Arthur Evans, rediscoverer of Minoan civilization

Deaths

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