1942 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1942.

Excavations

Publications V. Gordon Childe - What Happened in History.

Finds January: Mildenhall Treasure discovered by ploughman Gordon Butcher in Suffolk, England. A hoard of La Tène metalwork is found during the building of a military airfield in Llyn Cerrig Bach on Anglesey. Rockbourne Roman Villa discovered by a local farmer in Rockbourne, England.

Births 13 January – Khaled Nashef, Palestinian archaeologist (died 2009) 30 October – Linda Schele, Mayanist (died 1998) 7 December – Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, Italian archaeologist (died 2023) Archeologia in lutto. Si è spenta a 80 anni, dopo lunga malattia, Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, tra i massimi esperti della protostoria dell’Italia e del Mediterraneo, una delle protagoniste assolute dell’archeologia nell’ultimo cinquantennio

Deaths July 28: William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Egyptologist (born 1853)

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