1902 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1902.

Excavations

 * Leopoldo Batres initiates first major excavations at Monte Albán.
 * E. A. Wallis Budge begins project at Meroë.
 * Ludwig Borchardt leads Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft excavations at the Ancient Egyptian necropolis of Abusir.
 * Georgios Sotiriadis excavates the tomb of the Macedonian warriors at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).

Finds

 * May 17 – Antikythera mechanism found by Valerios Stais
 * Lansing Man found near Lansing, Kansas on the western bank of the Missouri River
 * Etruscan chariot at Monteleone di Spoleto
 * Tuxtla Statuette
 * Böyük Dəhnə ancient artifacts
 * Saimaluu Tash petroglyphs
 * Tomb KV45 (Userhet) in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, discovered by Howard Carter working for Theodore M. Davis.
 * Neolithic settlement of Magoula Balomenou near Chaeronea, discovered by Georgios Sotiriadis.

Miscellaneous

 * Images of bison on the ceiling of the Cave of Altamira, Spain (discovered in 1879), accepted as authentic of c. 12000 BC.
 * Restoration of Lion of Chaeronea begins.

Births

 * February 19 – Humfry Payne, English Classical archaeologist (d. 1936).
 * May 10 – Ian Richmond, British archaeologist of Ancient Rome (d. 1965).
 * August 25 – Clarence Hungerford Webb, American archaeologist (d. 1991).
 * Arvid Andrén, Swedish classical art historian (d. 1999).

Deaths

 * March 2 – Kate Bradbury Griffith, English Egyptologist (b. 1854)
 * October 7 – Henry Syer Cuming, antiquarian, collector and secretary of the British Archaeological Association (b. 1817)