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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.
Births
- 13 January – Khaled Nashef, Palestinian archaeologist (died 2009)
- 30 October – Linda Schele, Mayanist (died 1998)
- 7 December – Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, Italian archaeologist (died 2023)
Deaths
- July 28: William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Egyptologist (born 1853)