title: 1882 in archaeology
text: # 1882 in archaeology
  
  Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1882.
  
  ## Explorations
  
  * Expeditions led by Alfred Maudslay and Désiré Charnay independently arrive at the Maya site of Yaxchilan.
  * Nature of site at Heuneburg identified by Eduard Paulus.
  
  ## Excavations
  
  * Carl Humann works at Smyrna (with Alfred von Domaszewski) on behalf of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and at Sam'al for the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft.
  * Gaston Maspero first excavates at Lisht in Egypt, including the Pyramid of Amenemhet I.
  * Panagiotis Stamatakis begins excavation of the group tomb of the warriors from Thespiae who fell in the Battle of Delium (424 BCE) in Boeotia.
  * Eugène Eschassériaux excavates le camp Thénac Peu-Richard in France.
  * The Archaeological Society of Athens, along with Demetrios Philios and Wilhelm Dörpfeld, begins excavation of Eleusis.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Robert Munro - Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings or Crannogs.
  
  ## Finds
  
  * Vače situla
  
  ## Miscellaneous
  
  * The Egypt Exploration Fund is set up in the UK by Amelia Edwards and Reginald Stuart Poole.
  * The Ancient Monuments Protection Act is passed in the United Kingdom and establishes protection of ancient monuments. General Pitt-Rivers is appointed the first Inspector of Ancient Monuments.
  