List of years in archaeology       (table)
… 1934 .  1935 .  1936 .  1937  . 1938  . 1939  . 1940 … 1941 1942 1943 -1944- 1945 1946 1947 … 1948 .  1949 .  1950 .  1951  . 1952  . 1953  . 1954 …    In science: 1941 1942 1943 -1944- 1945 1946 1947
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The year 1944 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

• Canterbury Excavations began.

Publications

Finds

Awards

Miscellaneous

• The Council for British Archaeology is formed.
• Mortimer Wheeler is appointed Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India.

Births

• Norman Hammond, Mayanist
• 19 December: Richard Leakey physical anthropologist & archaeologist

Deaths