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1871 in archaeology

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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)

References

References

  1. Schliemann, Heinrich. (1881). "Ilios". Harper.
  2. "Harriet Boyd Hawes".
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