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1912 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1912
.
Excavations
Project to excavate and restore ancient temples at
Sanchi
begins under
Sir John Marshall
(continues to 1919).
Excavations at
Viroconium
(
Wroxeter
) in
England
begin (continue to 1914).
Excavations at
Uruk
by
Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft
begin (continue to 1913).
Excavations at
St. Mary's Abbey, York
, in northern England by
Walter Harvey-Brook
.
Excavations at
Yewden Roman villa, Hambleden
in south central England by Alfred Heneage Cocks, discovering 97 perinatal skeletons.
Finds
June -
Cheapside Hoard
of early 17th century jewellery from the
City of London
.
June 23 - Jaw of "
Piltdown Man
" "found" by
Charles Dawson
in Sussex, England (shown to be a hoax in
1953
).
December 6 -
Bust of Nefertiti
from
Tell el-Amarna
,
Egypt
by a
German
archeological team.
Publications
Aleà ¡ HrdliÃÂka
-
Early Man in South America
.
Births
January 8:
Sigurður ÃÂórarinsson
, Icelandic pioneer of
tephrochronology
(d.
1983
)
June 8:
Don Crabtree
, American experimental archaeologist (d.
1980
)
August 5:
Margaret Guido
, born Cecily Margaret Preston, English archaeologist (d.
1994
)
Taha Baqir
, Iraqi archaeologist and
Assyriologist
(d.
1984
)
Elisabeth Schmid
, German archaeologist and osteologist (d. 1994)
References