1913 in archaeology
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The year 1913 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Excavations
- Excavations at Shechem by a German team begin.
- Excavations at Etemenanki by Robert Koldewey begin.
Publications
- April National Geographic Magazine is entirely devoted to the discoveries of Hiram Bingham III at Machu Picchu.
- E. Thurlow Leeds - The Archaeology of the Anglo-Saxon Settlements.
Finds
Awards
Miscellaneous
- The Neolithic site at Skara Brae on Mainland, Orkney (Scotland) is plundered.
Births
- February 6 - Mary Leakey, English paleoanthropologist working in Africa (died 1996).
- March 7 - Gordon Willey, American archaeologist working in the Americas (died 2002).
Deaths
- May 28 - John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, English prehistorian (born 1834).
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