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

• AleÅ¡ Hrdlička - Early Man in South America.

Births

• January 8: Sigurður Þórarinsson, 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)

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