1915 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1915.
Explorations
- Hiram Bingham III finishes his explorations of Machu Picchu, begun in 1911.
Excavations
- R. E. Merwin leads Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology project at Lubaantun.
- Alfred V. Kidder (director of the Southwestern Expedition for Phillips Andover Academy) excavates Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico (ending 1927).
- Earl Halstead Morris excavates Twin Angels Pueblo.
- Nijmegen Helmet is found in the Netherlands.
Publications
- Sylvanus Morley - An Introduction to the Study of Maya Hieroglyphs.
Events
- 21 September - Cecil Chubb acquires Stonehenge at auction for £6600.
- The first of the 'Etruscan terracotta warriors', forged by sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti with the Riccardi family, is purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Births
- August 8 - MarÃa Rostworowski, Peruvian historian (died 2016).[1]
- December 8 - Bernard Fagg, English archaeologist working in Nigeria (died 1987).
- December 28 - Martyn Jope, British archaeologist and biochemist (died 1996).
- Michael J. O'Kelly, Irish archaeologist (died 1982).[2]
Deaths
- February 23 - Theodore M. Davis, American Egyptological excavation sponsor (born 1837).
- May 10 - Gaston Cros, French army officer and archaeologist, killed in action (born 1861).
- October 24 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist of Central America (born 1828).[3]
- Sir Alfred Biliotti, Italian Levantine British consular officer and archaeologist (born 1833)