1911 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1911.

Explorations

 * 24 July: Hiram Bingham III rediscovers Machu Picchu, Peru.

Excavations

 * Excavations of the ruins of Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, by Ludwig Borchardt of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (continues to 1914).
 * First excavations of ancient Samarra, Iraq, by Ernst Herzfeld (continues to 1914).
 * First excavations of Tell Halaf, Syria, by Max von Oppenheim (continues to 1913).
 * Excavations of the Hittite city of Carchemish, northern Syria, by D. G. Hogarth of the Ashmolean Museum with Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence (continues to 1914).
 * First excavations of Hengistbury Head by J. P. Bushe-Fox.
 * First excavations at Beit Shemesh (continues to 1912).
 * Excavations at the necropolis of Tanagra (Boeotia) by Nikolaos Papadakis.

Publications

 * James Curle: A Roman Frontier Post and its People: the Fort of Newstead.
 * Grafton Elliot Smith: The Ancient Egyptians and the Origin of Civilization.

Finds

 * Venus of Laussel.
 * First artefacts found at Dolní Věstonice.
 * Magdalenian Girl.
 * Clacton Spear.

Births

 * Leslie Peter Wenham, Yorkshire archaeologist (died 1990)

Deaths

 * 19 August: John Robert Mortimer, Yorkshire archaeologist (born 1825)