1904 in archaeology

The year 1904 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Leo Frobenius makes an expedition to the Kasai region of the Belgian Congo.

Excavations

• Edward Herbert Thompson dredges artifacts from the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza.
• Oseberg ship.

Finds

• Tomb of Nefertari discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli.
• Winter 1904–5 - Inscription in a form of Proto-Sinaitic script, dated to the mid-19th century BCE, discovered in Sinai by Hilda and Flinders Petrie.

Publications

• Rudolf Ernst Brünnow and Alfred von Domaszewski begin publication of Die Provincia Arabia, containing a detailed description of Petra.

Births

• January 19 - Pei Wenzhong, founding father of Chinese anthropology (died 1982).
• May 6 - Max Mallowan, English archaeologist (died 1978).

Deaths