1912 in archaeology

Overview of the events of 1912 in archaeology

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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]

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.

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]