1914 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1914.

Explorations

 * January - T. E. Lawrence and Leonard Woolley undertake an archaeological survey of the Negev.
 * March 29 - Katherine Routledge and her husband William Scoresby Routledge arrive on Easter Island to make the first true study of it (departing August 1915).

Excavations

 * Katherine Routledge commences excavation at key Easter Island sites including Rano Raraku and Orongo.
 * George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, and Howard Carter first excavate in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
 * Hiram Bingham III resumes excavations around Machu Picchu in Peru.
 * Excavations begin at Traprain Law in Scotland.
 * Tinkinswood Neolithic megalithic chamber tomb in South Wales excavated.
 * Warham Camp Iron Age circular hill fort in Norfolk, England first excavated.

Publications

 * John L. Myres - Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
 * Thomas A. Joyce - Mexican Archaeology: an introduction to the archaeology of the Mexican and Mayan civilizations of pre-Spanish America.
 * Egypt Exploration Fund begins publishing The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.

Honours

 * John Marshall knighted.

Births

 * April 23 - Glyn Daniel, Welsh-born archaeologist (d. 1986).
 * June 12 - William Lamplough, British archaeologist (d. 1996).
 * June 14 - Rupert Bruce-Mitford, British archaeologist (d. 1994).
 * June 5 - Beatrice De Cardi, British archaeologist of Asia (d. 2016).

Deaths

 * March 18 - Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, American archaeologist (b. 1840).
 * May 18 - Edward R. Ayrton, English Egyptologist and archaeologist (b. 1882).