1944 in archaeology

Excavations

• Canterbury Excavations began.
• "Caesar's Camp" site at location of London Heathrow Airport.

  Publications

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

  Finds

• First find of 12th century Kilwa Sultanate copper coins on Marchinbar Island off the north coast of Australia.

  Events

• 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

• 1 March - Dai Morgan Evans, British archaeologist
• 6 July - Timothy W. Potter, English archaeologist
• 10 July - Norman Hammond, British Mayanist
• 15 July - Nigel Williams, British conservator
• 25 July - David Breeze, British archaeologist notable for work on Hadrian's Wall, the Antonine Wall and the Roman Army
• 19 December - Richard Leakey, Kenyan physical anthropologist & archaeologist
• Gabriel Barkay, Hungarian-born Israeli archaeologist