1911 in archaeology

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The year 1911 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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).
• First excavations of Hengistbury Head by J. P. Bushe-Fox.
• First excavations at Beit Shemesh (continues to 1912).

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.

Deaths

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