Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1833.

• Juan Galindo publishes first mention of Maya site of Yaxchilan

• Mold cape discovered in Wales
• Ice age decorated harpoon and engraving found in Haute-Savoie
• Ram Khamhaeng Inscription discovered by Prince Mongkut of Thailand

• March 17 - Charles Edwin Wilbour, American Egyptologist and writer (d. 1896)
• July 14 - Alfred Biliotti, Italian Levantine British consular officer and archaeologist (d. 1915)
• July 26 - Alexander Henry Rhind, Scottish Egyptologist (d. 1863)

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• 1832 in archaeology
• 1834 in archaeology