1912 in archaeology

Overview of the events of 1912 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1912.

## Explorations

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## Excavations

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* 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

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* 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

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* Aleš Hrdlička \- Early Man in South America.

## Births

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* 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

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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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