1914 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1914.
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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.
- Excavation of Tinkinswood Neolithic megalithic chamber tomb in South Wales.
Finds
Publications
- John L. Myres - Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus (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
Births
- April 23 - Glyn Daniel, Welsh-born archaeologist (d. 1986).[1]
- 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).[2]
Deaths
- March 18 - Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, American archaeologist (b. 1840).
- May 18 - Edward R. Ayrton, English Egyptologist and archaeologist (b. 1882).
References
- "Glyn Daniel". British Film Institute. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- "Beatrice de Cardi, archaeologist – obituary". The Telegraph. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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