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1914 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1914
.
Explorations
January -
T. E. Lawrence
and
Leonard Woolley
undertake an archaeological survey of the
Negev
.
March 29 -
Katherine Routledge
and her husband
William Scoresby Routledge
arrive on
Easter Island
to make the first true study of it (departing August 1915).
Excavations
Katherine Routledge
commences excavation at key
Easter Island
sites including
Rano Raraku
and
Orongo
.
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
, and
Howard Carter
first excavate in the
Valley of the Kings
,
Egypt
.
Hiram Bingham III
resumes excavations around
Machu Picchu
in
Peru
.
Excavations begin at
Traprain Law
in
Scotland
.
Tinkinswood
Neolithic
megalith
ic
chamber tomb
in
South Wales
excavated.
Warham Camp
Iron Age
circular
hill fort
in Norfolk, England first excavated.
Finds
c. February 10 - "
Treasure of El Lahun
" in
Tomb 8 of Sithathoriunet
in Egypt.
February -
BonnâÂÂOberkassel dog
skeletal remains discovered in context with human bones in Germany; only in the 1970s is it identified as an early (c.âÂÂ14,000 BP) specimen of a domestic
dog
.
Publications
John L. Myres
-
' (
Metropolitan Museum of Art
, New York).
Thomas A. Joyce -
Mexican Archaeology: an introduction to the archaeology of the Mexican and Mayan civilizations of pre-Spanish America
.
Egypt Exploration Fund
begins publishing
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
.
Honours
John Marshall
knight
ed.
Births
April 23 -
Glyn Daniel
,
Welsh
-born
archaeologist
(d.
1986
).
June 12 -
William Lamplough
,
British
archaeologist (d.
1996
).
June 14 -
Rupert Bruce-Mitford
, British archaeologist (d.
1994
).
June 5 -
Beatrice De Cardi
, British archaeologist of Asia (d.
2016
).
Deaths
March 18 -
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
,
American
archaeologist (b.
1840
).
May 18 -
Edward R. Ayrton
,
English
Egyptologist
and archaeologist (b.
1882
).
References