Overview of the events of 1944 in archaeology
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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1944.
Excavations
- August - Excavations in the bombed area of Canterbury, England, are begun.
- "Caesar's Camp" (pre-Roman) site at location of London Heathrow Airport.
Publications
- Paul Jacobsthal's Early Celtic Art published in Oxford.
Finds
- First find of 12th century Kilwa Sultanate copper coins on Marchinbar Island off the north coast of Australia.
Events
- 31 May - Nemi ships destroyed by fire.
- The Council for British Archaeology is formed.
- Mortimer Wheeler is appointed Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India.
Births
- 1 March - Dai Morgan Evans, British archaeologist (d. 2017)
- 6 July - Timothy W. Potter, English archaeologist (d. 2000)
- 10 July - Norman Hammond, British Mayanist
- 15 July - Nigel Williams, British conservator (d. 1992)
- 25 July - David Breeze, British archaeologist notable for work on Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall and the Roman 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. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- "Dai Morgan Evans obituary". The Guardian. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 10 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.