The year 1941 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

• Excavations at Olmec site of La Venta by Matthew Sterling begin.
• Mikhail M. Gerasimov opened Tamerlane's tomb on June 19, 1941.

Publications

Finds

Awards

Miscellaneous

• The bulk of the finds from the 1927-1937 excavations of Peking Man Site in Zhoukoudian, China are lost, never to be recovered, while being transported to safety.

Births

• Kent R. Weeks, Egyptologist

Deaths

• July 11: Arthur Evans, archaeologist of Minoan civilisation