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Overview of the events of 1944 in archaeology
List of years in archaeology
(
table
)
…
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
…
In science
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1944
.
Excavations
August - Excavations in the bombed area of
Canterbury
, England, are begun.
[1]
"
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.
[2]
The
Council for British Archaeology
is formed.
[3]
Mortimer Wheeler
is appointed Director-General of the
Archaeological 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 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
.
Categories
:
1944 in science
1944
Archaeology by year
Hidden categories:
Articles with short description
Short description matches Wikidata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overview of the events of 1944 in archaeology
List of years in archaeology
(
table
)
…
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
…
In science
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1944
.
Excavations
August - Excavations in the bombed area of
Canterbury
, England, are begun.
[1]
"
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.
[2]
The
Council for British Archaeology
is formed.
[3]
Mortimer Wheeler
is appointed Director-General of the
Archaeological 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 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
.
Categories
:
1944 in science
1944
Archaeology by year
Hidden categories:
Articles with short description
Short description matches Wikidata
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