1912 in archaeology

	… 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; ; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; ; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922 …;
	In science 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915
	Art; Archaeology; Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Science +...;

The year 1912 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Project to excavate and restore ancient temples at Sanchi begins under Sir John Marshall (continues to 1919).
Excavations at Viroconium (Wroxeter) in England begin (continue to 1914).
Excavations at Uruk by Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft begin (continue to 1913).
Excavations at St. Mary's Abbey, York by Walter Harvey-Brook

June - Cheapside Hoard of early 17th century jewellery from the City of London.^[1]
June 23 - Jaw of "Piltdown Man" "found" by Charles Dawson in Sussex, England (shown to be a hoax in 1953).^[2]
December 6 - Bust of Nefertiti from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt by a German archeological team.

January 8: Sigurður Þórarinsson, Icelandic pioneer of tephrochronology (d. 1983)
June 8: Don Crabtree, American experimental archaeologist (d. 1980)
August 5: Margaret Guido, born Cecily Margaret Preston, English archaeologist (d. 1994)
Elisabeth Schmid, German archaeologist and osteologist (d. 1994)^[3]