1944 in archaeology

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The year 1944 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Canterbury Excavations began.
• "Caesar's Camp" (pre-Roman) site at location of London Heathrow Airport.

Publications

• Paul Jacobsthal's Early Celtic Art published in Oxford.

Miscellaneous

• 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

• 10 July: Norman Hammond, British Mayanist
• 19 December: Richard Leakey, Kenyan physical anthropologist & archaeologist
• 25 July: David Breeze, British archaeologist notable for work on Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall and the Roman Army
• Gabriel Barkay, Hungarian-born Israeli archaeologist