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Overview of the events of 1942 in archaeology
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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.
[1]
Births
30 October -
Linda Schele
, Mayanist (died
1998
)
[2]
7 December -
Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri
, Italian archaeologist (died
2023
)
[3]
Deaths
July 28:
William Matthew Flinders Petrie
, Egyptologist (born 1853)
References
^
Holmes, Jo.
"Roman Villa open day at Rockbourne"
.
www.newforestnpa.gov.uk
. Archived from
the original
on 4 January 2018
. Retrieved
3 January
2018
.
^
"Obituary: Linda Schele"
.
The Independent
. 22 May 1998.
Archived
from the original on 2022-05-01
. Retrieved
21 March
2017
.
^
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
(in Italian)
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