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
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