Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1857.

Events

• Shadwell forgeries first made.

Excavations

• Coldrum Long Barrow in south east England.

Finds

• First artifacts of La Tène culture at La Tène, Switzerland.
• Battersea Shield in the River Thames.^[1]

Publications

• William Wilde begins publication of a classified catalogue of the museum of the Royal Irish Academy.

Births

• 3 June - Jacques de Morgan, French archaeologist (d. 1924)
• 27 July - E. A. Wallis Budge, English Egyptologist (d. 1934)

Deaths

• 6 May - John Disney, English barrister and archaeologist (b. 1799)