Alec George Down (9 August 1914 – 25 December 1995) was a British archaeologist.

Background

Alec Down served in the army and studied after the Second World War

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. 1973 he was appointed full-time Director of Excavations by the Chichester District Council and dedicated his work to rescuing excavations in this town and in Sussex.

Works

* ''Roman Chichester'', Chichester 1988, . * with M. Rule: ''Chichester Excavations 1'', Oxford 1971. *''Chichester Excavations 2-6'', Chichester 1974–1989. * with John Magilton: ''Chichester Excavations 8'', Chichester 1993.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Down, Alec 1914 births 1995 deaths British prehistorians 20th-century British archaeologists