1871 in archaeology
# 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)
