1944 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1944 .

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References

  1. Frere, Sheppard (1949). "Canterbury Excavations, 1944–8". Antiquity . 23 (91): 153–160. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00020214. S2CID   161195637.
  2. Grummond, Nancy Thomson de (2015). Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology. Routledge. p. 801. ISBN   9781134268542.
  3. Murray, Tim; Evans, Christopher (2008). Histories of Archaeology: A Reader in the History of Archaeology. OUP Oxford. p. 225. ISBN   9780199550074.
  4. "Sir Mortimer Wheeler | British archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. "Dai Morgan Evans obituary". The Guardian. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. 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 .