1810 in archaeology

The year 1810 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England: Second excavations by William Cunnington and Richard Colt Hoare.

Publications

Alexander von Humboldt publishes illustrated accounts of Pre-Columbian ruins of Mesoamerica including Mitla and Xochicalco.
Richard Colt Hoare begins publication of The Ancient History of Wiltshire in England.

Births

11 April: Henry Rawlinson, English Assyriologist.
26 July: Henry Christy, English ethnologist, archaeologist and sponsor.

Deaths

30 March: Luigi Lanzi, Italian archaeologist.
31 December: William Cunnington, English antiquarian.