1912 in archaeology

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Last updated June 21, 2024

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1912 .

Explorations

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.^[1]

Finds

June - Cheapside Hoard of early 17th century jewellery from the City of London.^[2]
June 23 - Jaw of "Piltdown Man" "found" by Charles Dawson in Sussex, England (shown to be a hoax in 1953).^[3]
December 6 - Bust of Nefertiti from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt by a German archeological team.

Publications

Aleš 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)^[4]

Deaths

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References

↑ Eyers, J. E., ed. (2011). Romans in the Hambleden Valley: Yewden Roman villa. Chiltern Archaeology. ISBN 978-1-904898-12-2.
↑ "Who stashed the Cheapside Hoard? Exhibition sheds new light on 'most" . The Independent. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
↑ "Ancient History in depth: Piltdown Man: Britain's Greatest Hoax". BBC History. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
↑ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781135963422.

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[1] Eyers, J. E., ed. (2011). Romans in the Hambleden Valley: Yewden Roman villa. Chiltern Archaeology. ISBN 978-1-904898-12-2.

[2] "Who stashed the Cheapside Hoard? Exhibition sheds new light on 'most" . The Independent. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[3] "Ancient History in depth: Piltdown Man: Britain's Greatest Hoax". BBC History. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[4] Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781135963422.

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