1857 in archaeology

Events

• Shadwell forgeries first made.

Excavations

• Coldrum Long Barrow in south east England.

Finds

• First artifacts of La Tène culture at La Tène, Switzerland.
• Battersea Shield in the River Thames.

Publications

• William Wilde begins publication of a classified catalogue of the museum of the Royal Irish Academy.

Births

• 3 June - Jacques de Morgan, French archaeologist
• 27 July - E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist

Deaths

• 6 May - John Disney, English barrister and archaeologist