1861 in archaeology

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1861 in archaeology

Explorations

• First scientific investigations of Nalanda Mahavihara in Bihar.
• British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham identifies the ancient city of Vaishali with the present-day village of Basrah in Bihar.

Excavations

• June - First modern excavation of the Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave of Maeshowe on Orkney by James Farrer.
• Leon Heuzey excavates Vergina.

Publications

• Edward Burnett Tylor - Anahuac: Or Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern.

Events

• Archaeological Survey of India founded.

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1860 in archaeology
• 1862 in archaeology