1829 in archaeology
'''1829 in archaeology'''
Explorations
- 'Charles Masson' explores the Indus Valley Civilisation and locates the site of Harappa.
Excavations
- First excavations at Olympia, Greece by an expedition led by Abel Blouet
- Yorkshire Philosophical Society concludes excavation of St Mary's Abbey, York, England, prior to construction of the Yorkshire Museum on part of the site.
Finds
- Engis 2, part of the skull of a young child and other bones, recognised in 1936 as the first known Neanderthal fossil, is found in the Awirs cave near Engis in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands by Philippe-Charles Schmerling.