• Source: 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




      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


      John Marshall knighted.


      Births


      April 23 - Glyn Daniel, Welsh-born archaeologist (d. 1986).
      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).


      Deaths


      March 18 - Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, American archaeologist (b. 1840).
      May 18 - Edward R. Ayrton, English Egyptologist and archaeologist (b. 1882).


      References

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