1901 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1901.

Events

 * British School at Rome established.

Excavations

 * KV44 at the Valley of the Kings, Egypt by Howard Carter and Donald P. Ryan.
 * Excavations and renovations at Mitla conducted by Leopoldo Batres.
 * Excavation of the Minoan town at Gournia by Harriet Boyd-Hawes and Blanche Wheeler Williams begins (continues to 1904).

Finds

 * December: Code of Hammurabi at Susa.
 * Ivory Bangle Lady in York, England, the skeleton and grave goods of a later fourth century high-status, possibly Christian, inhabitant of Eboracum, much later identified as of mixed race.
 * Heracles of Antikythera in the Antikythera wreck, Greece.

Miscellaneous

 * Edward Herbert Thompson buys the ruins of Chichen Itza for 75 United States dollars
 * General Land Office special agent S. J. Holsinger recommends creating a national park to preserve archaeological sites in Chaco Canyon

Births

 * February 15 – André Parrot, French archaeologist of the Near East (d. 1980)
 * July 17 – Theresa Goell, American archaeologist of the Near East (d. 1985)
 * October 18 – A. Ledyard Smith, American archaeologist of the Americas (d. 1985)
 * October 27 – Aage Roussell, Danish archaeologist of Greenland (d. 1972)
 * Charles Green, English archaeologist (d. 1972)

Deaths

 * May 10 – Christian Maclagan, Scottish antiquary (b. 1811)