1912 in archaeology
Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1912.
Excavations
- Project to excavate and restore ancient temples at Sanchi begins under Sir John Marshall.
- Excavations at Viroconium in England begin.
- Excavations at Uruk by Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft begin.
- 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.
Finds
- June - Cheapside Hoard of early 17th century jewellery from the City of London.
- June 23 - Jaw of "Piltdown Man" "found" by Charles Dawson in Sussex, England.
- December 6 - Bust of Nefertiti from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt by a German archeological team.
Publications
Births
- January 8: Sigurður Þórarinsson, Icelandic pioneer of tephrochronology
- June 8: Don Crabtree, American experimental archaeologist
- August 5: Margaret Guido, born Cecily Margaret Preston, English archaeologist
- Taha Baqir, Iraqi archaeologist and Assyriologist
- Elisabeth Schmid, German archaeologist and osteologist