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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)
See also
- Ancient Egypt / Egyptology