1854 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1854.

Explorations Giovanni Battista de Rossi discovers the Catacomb of Callixtus in Rome. Karl von Scherzer examines and writes a description of Quiriguá, a Maya site in Guatemala.Woodruff, John M. The “most futile and vain” Work of Father Francisco Ximénez: Rethinking the Context of Popol Vuh. U. Alabama, 2009. Print. Repub. as “Rethinking the Context of Popol Vuh.” https://www.johnwoodruff.com/?p=1972. Accessed 13 Jul 2026. Web. Thomas Wright investigates Kit's Coty House, the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow in Kent, England. Finds Coleraine Hoard in the north of Ireland. Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England. Births August 26 - Kate Bradbury Griffith, English Egyptologist (d. 1902)

Deaths September 27 - Frederick Catherwood (b. 1799)

See also List of years in archaeology 1853 in archaeology 1855 in archaeology

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