Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1848.
Explorations First scientific expedition visits Tikal, Guatemala Publications Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis First volume of Austen H. Layard's Nineveh and its Remains Final volume of Lord Kingsborough's 9 volume Antiquities of Mexico
Finds By March 3 - Gibraltar 1, a female skull from Forbes' Quarry in Gibraltar, later identified as Neanderthal, is found by Capt. Edmund Flint RN May 3 - The Benty Grange hanging bowl and Benty Grange helmet from a tumulus on Benty Grange farm in the Peak District of England Neolithic hoard at East Ayton in England References
See also List of years in archaeology 1847 in archaeology 1849 in archaeology