1942 in archaeology

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

• 30 October - Linda Schele, Mayanist

  Deaths

• July 28: William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Egyptologist