1919 in archaeology explained

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1919.

Events

• 22 May: A. E. Douglass provides the first comparative dendrochronology datings, to Clark Wissler of the American Museum of Natural History for sites in New Mexico.

Explorations

• Julio C. Tello makes the first scientific survey of Chavin de Huantar in Peru.
• Late: Col. William Hawley begins work at Stonehenge in England.

Excavations

• St Piran's Old Church, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England.
• Excavation of Tell al-'Ubaid in Mesopotamia by Henry Hall of the British Museum begins.^[1]
• 1919–1921: Graig Lwyd Neolithic stone axe factory in North Wales.^[2]

Finds

• 12 May: Traprain Treasure of Roman silver found in Scotland.^[3]

Publications

• Katherine Routledge – The Mystery of Easter Island: the story of an expedition.

Births

• 13 March: Mualla Eyüboğlu, Turkish restoration architect (died 2009).
• 23 October: Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist (died 1992).

Deaths

• 1 October: Francis J. Haverfield, English Romano-British archaeologist (born 1860).
• 22 November: Sir Guy Francis Laking, keeper of the London Museum (born 1875).

Notes and References

1. Book: Hall, H. R.. Season's Work at Ur, Al-'Ubaid, Abu Shahrain (Eridu), and Elsewhere; Being an Unofficial Account of the British Museum Archaeological Mission to Babylonia, 1919. Methuen. London. 1930.
2. F. Hazzledine. Warren. Excavations at the stone-axe factory of Graig-Llwyd, Penmaenmawr. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 51. 1921. 165–99.
3. Web site: Notable Dates in History. The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. 2014-07-15. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm. 2014-05-23.