1971 in archaeology

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The year 1971 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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

Miscellaneous

• October - Society for Industrial Archeology founded in Washington, D.C.

Deaths

• August 24 - Carl Blegen