1913 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1913.

Excavations

• Excavations at Shechem by a German team begin.
• Excavations at Etemenanki by Robert Koldewey begin.
• Excavations at City of David, Jerusalem, by Raymond Weill begin.

Publications

• April National Geographic Magazine is entirely devoted to the discoveries of Hiram Bingham III at Machu Picchu.
• E. Thurlow Leeds - The Archaeology of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements.

Finds

• Remains of the 14th century David's Tower at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, are discovered.
• The Theodotos inscription is discovered in the City of David. Dating to the 1st century BCE/CE, it remains the earliest archaeological evidence for a synagogue in Jerusalem.

Events

• The Neolithic site at Skara Brae on Mainland, Orkney (Scotland) is plundered.

Births

• February 6 - Mary Leakey, English paleoanthropologist working in Africa (d. 1996).
• March 7 - Gordon Willey, American archaeologist working in the Americas (d. 2002). ^[1]
• November 12 - Kenneth Steer, British archaeologist and British Army officer (d. 2007). ^[2]

Deaths

• April 19 - Hugo Winckler, German Assyriologist (b. 1863).
• May 28 - John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, English prehistorian (b. 1834). ^[3]

References

1. "Obituary: Gordon Willey". theguardian.com. 10 May 2002. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
2. "Kenneth Steer obituary". www.scotsman.com. 27 March 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
3. Patton, Mark (2007). Science, Politics and Business in the Work of Sir John Lubbock: A Man of Universal Mind. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 8. ISBN   9780754653219.