John Vincent Stanley Megaw, AM, FAHA (born 1934)[1][2] is a British-born Australian archaeologist with research interests focusing on the archaeology and anthropology of art and musical instruments, and Australasian pre-contact and historical archaeology.
[3] Megaw was educated at University College School, Hampstead and the University of Edinburgh, and worked on a number key sites in Europe as well as carrying out pioneering work in the South Sydney region of Australia.
He undertook extensive research with his wife, Ruth Megaw, on the art of the European pre-Roman Iron Age; they wrote several publications together.
In 1995 he was appointed Professor of Visual Arts and Archaeology at Flinders, retiring in 2003.
[5] He was elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1985 and in 2004 was made a Member of the Order of Australia.