1971 in archaeology
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The year 1971 in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
- The Historic American Engineering Record surveys the original main line of the New York and Erie Rail Road; the Cooper Union foundation building in Manhattan; and sites in Utah and Pennsylvania.
Excavations
- The Chaco Project, conducted by the National Park Service and the University of New Mexico, surveys and excavates Chaco Canyon (until 1982)
Publications
- Leakey, M.D., 1971: Olduvai Gorge Volume 3, Excavations in Beds I & II 1960-1963, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Finds
- 5 May - Hull of Tudor navy ship Mary Rose rediscovered in the Solent
- July - Guns and other artefacts from HMY Mary discovered independently by members of Chorley and Merseyside Sub-Aqua Clubs
- 22 July: The "Lady of Baza"
- Royal tomb of Muryeong, King of Baekje (d. AD 523), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
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Miscellaneous
- October - Society for Industrial Archeology founded in Washington, D.C.
Births
Deaths
- August 24 - Carl Blegen
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