1900 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1900.

Excavations

 * March 16: Arthur Evans purchases Knossos and soon after begins excavations.
 * Excavations by Friedrich Delitzsch begin at Assur.
 * University of Pennsylvania excavations at Nippur conclude (began in 1888).
 * Gordium excavated by Gustav and Alfred Körte.
 * Kavousi excavated by Harriet Boyd.
 * Villa Boscoreale, near Pompeii, excavated.
 * Excavations at Hedeby in Jutland begin.

Finds

 * April 5: A large cache of clay tablets with a script used for writing Mycenaean Greek, now known as Linear B, is found at Knossos.
 * May: Migdale Hoard of early Bronze Age jewellery discovered near Bonar Bridge in Scotland.
 * October: Greek sponge divers discover the Antikythera wreck.
 * Dr. James K. Hampson documents find of the Island 35 Mastodon skeleton in the Mississippi River.
 * Site of Temple of Eshmun discovered in Lebanon.

Births

 * May 2 – A. W. Lawrence, English Classical archaeologist (d. 1991).
 * May 23 – Gustav Riek, German archaeologist (d. 1976).
 * August 18 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (d. 1964).
 * August 19 – Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (d. 2001).

Deaths

 * May 4 – Augustus Pitt Rivers, English ethnologist and archaeologist (b. 1827).
 * May 18 – Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher and archaeologist (b. 1813).