The year 1915 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Hiram Bingham III finishes his explorations of Machu Picchu, begun in 1911.

Excavations

• R. E. Merwin leads Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology project at Lubaantun.
• Alfred V. Kidder (director of the Southwestern Expedition for Phillips Andover Academy) excavates Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico (ending 1927).
• Earl Halstead Morris excavates Twin Angels Pueblo.
• Nijmegen Helmet is found in the Netherlands.

Publications

• Sylvanus Morley - An Introduction to the Study of Maya Hieroglyphs.

Events

• 21 September - Cecil Chubb acquires Stonehenge at auction for 6600.

Births

Deaths

• February 23 - Theodore M. Davis, American Egyptological excavation sponsor (born 1837).
• October 24 - D sir Charnay, French archaeologist of Central America (born 1828).

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