1831 in archaeology
# 1831 in archaeology

The year 1831 CE in archaeology included many events, some of which are listed below.

## Explorations

* Juan Galindo explores the Maya ruins of Palenque.
* Charles Nebel makes first survey of El Tajín.

## Finds

* Spring: The Lewis chessmen are found in a sand-bank on the Isle of Lewis
* 24 October: The Alexander Mosaic is found in the House of the Faun, Pompeii

## Births

* 7 June: Amelia Edwards, English Egyptologist and fiction writer (died 1892)
