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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1916.

Explorations

Start of first excavations at Adelsö.
In Ireland, the burial mound at Grannagh, near Ardrahan in County Galway, is first excavated by R. A. Stewart Macalister (re-excavated in 1969 by Etienne Rynne).

Grafton Elliot Smith - On the Significance of the Geographical Distribution of Mummification: a study of the migrations of peoples and the spread of certain customs and beliefs.

Uaxactun and the first known Maya inscription from the 8th Baktun of the Maya calendar are found by Sylvanus G. Morley.

January 1 - Paul Faure, French Mediterranean archaeologist (d. 2007)
June 14 - Joe Caldwell, American archaeologist (d. 1973)
August 23 - Sheppard Frere, British archaeologist of the Roman Empire (d. 2015)^[1]
August 27 - Halet Çambel, Turkish archaeologist (d. 2014)^[2]
September 15 - Vronwy Hankey, British Near Eastern archaeologist (d. 1998)^[3]
November 3 - Rúaidhrí de Valera, Irish archaeologist (d. 1978)
Matteo Sansone, Italian archaeologist (d. 1992)
Probable date - Tahsin Özgüç, Turkish archaeologist (d. 2005)

May 25 - Jane Dieulafoy, French archaeologist, explorer, novelist and journalist (b. 1851)^[4]
October 3 - James Burgess, Scottish archaeologist active in India (b. 1832)

^ Manning, William (10 March 2015). "Sheppard Frere obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^ "Halet Çambel - obituary". The Telegraph. 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "Obituary: Vronwy Hankey". independent.co.uk. 22 June 1998. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
^ "DIEULAFOY, Jane et Marcel". www.inha.fr (in French). 28 January 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2017.