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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.
  • 1919–1921: Graig Lwyd Neolithic stone axe factory in North Wales.

Finds

  • 12 May: Traprain Treasure of Roman silver found in Scotland.

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).

References