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)