1945 in archaeology

The year 1945 in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Excavations

• Mortimer Wheeler excavates at Arikamedu in Puducherry.

Finds

• December - Nag Hammadi library in Egypt.

Miscellaneous

• W. F. Grimes succeeds Mortimer Wheeler as director of the London Museum.

Births

• January 13 - Francis Pryor, English archaeologist
• February 19 - Barbara Adams, English egyptologist (d. 2002)[1]
• April 16 - Vladas Žulkus, Lithuanian underwater archaeologist
• October 25 - J. P. Mallory, Irish American archaeologist and Indo-Europeanist
• James Peter Allen, American Egyptologist

Deaths

• March 31 - Harriet Boyd Hawes, American archaeologist (b. 1871)[2]
• May 5 - Edgar James Banks, American antiquarian (b. 1866)
• May 31 - Friedrich Sarre, German Orientalist (b. 1865)

References

1. "Obituary: Barbara Adams". The Guardian. 13 July 2002. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
2. "Harriet Boyd Hawes". Britannica.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.