1871 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1871.

Explorations

• Karl Mauch explores and describes the ruins of Great Zimbabwe.

Excavations

• October 11 - Heinrich Schliemann begins his excavations of Troy.
• Hjalmar Stolpe begins his excavations of Birka.

Publications

• Edward Burnett Tylor's anthropological text Primitive Culture.

Finds

• Gezer discovered by Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau.
• Hut on Novaya Zemlya used by Willem Barentsz's expedition is found by Norwegian seal hunter Elling Carlsen.

Births

• October 11 - Harriet Boyd Hawes, American archaeologist of the Minoan civilization (died 1945)

See also

• Ancient Egypt / Egyptology

References