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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1851.

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J. Collingwood Bruce's The Roman Wall: a historical, topographical, and descriptive account of the barrier of the lower isthmus, extending from the Tyne to the Solway.
Daniel Wilson's The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, which introduces the word prehistoric into the English archaeological vocabulary.

29 June: Jane Dieulafoy, born Jeanne Magre, French archaeologist, excavator of Susa, explorer, novelist and journalist (d. 1916)^[1]
8 July: Arthur Evans, English archaeologist best known for discovering the palace of Knossos on Crete (d. 1941)^[2]

^ "Dieulafoy, Jane et Marcel". www.inha.fr (in French). 28 January 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ "The remarkable life of archaeologist and adventurer Arthur Evans". The Telegraph. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2017.