1914 in archaeology

The year 1914 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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.
• Excavations begin at Traprain Law in Scotland.
• Excavation of Tinkinswood Neolithic megalithic chamber tomb in South Wales.

Publications

• 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 knighted.

Births

• April 23 - Glyn Daniel, Welsh-born archaeologist (d. 1986).^[1]
• June 12 - William Lamplough, British archaeologist (d. 1996).
• 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).

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