1871 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1871.
Explorations[edit]
- Karl Mauch explores and describes the ruins of Great Zimbabwe.
Excavations[edit]
- October 11 - Heinrich Schliemann begins his excavations of Troy.[1]
- Hjalmar Stolpe begins his excavations of Birka.
Publications[edit]
- Edward Burnett Tylor's anthropological text Primitive Culture.
Finds[edit]
- 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.
Awards[edit]
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Miscellaneous[edit]
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Births[edit]
- October 11 - Harriet Boyd Hawes, American archaeologist of the Minoan civilization (died 1945)[2]
Deaths[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Schliemann, Heinrich (1881). Ilios. New York: Harper. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ "Harriet Boyd Hawes". Britannica.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.