Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1838.

Explorations

• First scientific expedition visits Tikal, Guatemala

Excavations

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Publications

• Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis ^[1]
• 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

Awards

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Miscellaneous

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Births

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Deaths

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References

See also

• List of years in archaeology
• 1847 in archaeology
• 1849 in archaeology