1906 in archaeology

	… 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; ; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; ; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916 …;
	In science 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
	Art; Archaeology; Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Science +...;

The year 1906 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations[]

Hugo Winckler begins excavations at Hattusa near Boğazköy in Turkey for the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft with Theodore Makridi which identify it as the royal capital of the Hittites (continue to 1911).
T. May begins excavations of the Principia of the Roman fort at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England (continue to 1907).
Excavations at Lisht are resumed by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (continue for 14 seasons to 1934).
Approximate date – Antonios Keramopoulos begins systematic excavations of Mycenaean Thebes, Greece, starting at the Kolonaki hill (continue to 1921).^[1]

"Note sur une statuette mexicaine en wernerite représentant la déesse Ixcuina" by Ernest-Théodore Hamy in the Journal de la Société des Américanistes about the Dumbarton Oaks birthing figure.^[2]

8 June – Antiquities Act is passed by the United States Congress^[3]
29 June – Mesa Verde, an Ancestral Puebloan site, is made a United States National Park
September – A military balloon is flown over Stonehenge carrying out the first aerial photography in archaeology.^[4]

12 January – Eric Birley, British archaeologist associated with the excavations of forts on Hadrian's Wall (d. 1995).^[5]
27 January – Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Mexican archaeologist (d. 1979).
26 June – Joan du Plat Taylor, British maritime archaeologist (d. 1983).

^ "The scientific work". Archaeological Museum of Thebes. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ Jane MacLaren Walsh (2008). "The Dumbarton Oaks Tlazolteotl: looking beneath the surface". Journal de la Société des Américanistes. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ "Antiquities Act of 1906". Theodore Roosevelt Center. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ Barber, Martyn (2011). A History of Aerial Photography and Archaeology. Swindon: English Heritage. ISBN 978-1-84802-036-8.
^ "Obituary: Professor Eric Birley". The Independent. 26 October 1995. Retrieved 30 May 2017.