1850 in archaeology
# 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)
