1909 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1909.
Explorations
- Discovery of the Burgess Shale Cambrian fossil site in the Canadian Rockies by palaeontologist Charles Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution.
Excavations
- Excavation of Calleva Atrebatum in England by the Society of Antiquaries of London completed.
- Excavations at Ritsona in Boeotia by Ronald Burrows and Percy and Annie Ure of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens begin.
- Excavations at Villa of Mysteries at Pompeii begin.
- At Knap Hill in Wiltshire, England, the first excavation of a causewayed enclosure, by Ben and Maud Cunnington, is completed.
Finds
Miscellaneous
- The National Trust purchases White Barrow on Salisbury Plain in England, its first archaeological site.
Births
- January 8 – Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist
- December 10 – Robert Wauchope, American archaeologist and anthropologist
- Su Bingqi, Chinese archaeologist