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 megalithic 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 - Bonn–Oberkassel dog skeletal remains discovered in context with human bones in Germany; only in the 1970s is it identified as an early (c. 14,000 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.