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Overview of the events of 1944 in archaeology

List of years in archaeology

In science: 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947

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Below are notable events inarchaeology that occurred in1944.

Excavations

August - Excavations in the bombed area ofCanterbury, England, are begun.^[1]
"Caesar's Camp" (pre-Roman) site at location ofLondon Heathrow Airport.

Publications

Paul Jacobsthal'sEarly Celtic Art published inOxford.

Finds

First find of 12th centuryKilwa Sultanate copper coins onMarchinbar Island off the north coast of Australia.

Events

31 May -Nemi ships destroyed by fire.^[2]
TheCouncil for British Archaeology is formed.^[3]
Mortimer Wheeler is appointed Director-General of theArchaeological Survey of India.^[4]

Births

1 March -Dai Morgan Evans, British archaeologist (d.2017)^[5]
6 July -Timothy W. Potter, English archaeologist (d.2000)^[6]
10 July -Norman Hammond, British Mayanist
15 July -Nigel Williams, British conservator (d.1992)
25 July -David Breeze, British archaeologist notable for work onHadrian's Wall, theAntonine Wall and theRoman Army
19 December -Richard Leakey, Kenyan palaeoanthropologist (d.2022)
Gabriel Barkay, Hungarian-born Israeli archaeologist

References

^Frere, Sheppard (1949). "Canterbury Excavations, 1944–8".Antiquity.23 (91):153–160.doi:10.1017/S0003598X00020214.S2CID 161195637.
^Grummond, Nancy Thomson de (2015).Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology. Routledge. p. 801.ISBN 9781134268542.
^Murray, Tim; Evans, Christopher (2008).Histories of Archaeology: A Reader in the History of Archaeology. OUP Oxford. p. 225.ISBN 9780199550074.
^"Sir Mortimer Wheeler | British archaeologist".Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved1 January 2019.
^"Dai Morgan Evans obituary".The Guardian. 17 April 2017. Retrieved10 November 2017.
^Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew (9 August 2013)."Timothy William Potter (6 July 1944 – 11 January 2000)".Papers of the British School at Rome.68:ix–xix.doi:10.1017/S006824620000386X.

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