1945 in archaeology

none 1945 archaeology science Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1945. 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)Obituary: Barbara Adams https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/13/guardianobituaries.obituaries The Guardian 9 October 2017 13 July 2002 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)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harriet-Ann-Boyd-Hawes Harriet Boyd Hawes Britannica.com 23 May 2017 May 5 - Edgar James Banks, American antiquarian (b. 1866) May 31 - Friedrich Sarre, German Orientalist (b. 1865) 9 December - Alfred Lucas, English analytical chemist and archaeologist, part of Howard Carter's team at the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb (b. 1867) References Archaeology Category:1940s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by year