1780s in archaeology
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The decade of the 1780s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Detail of a relief from a Mayan ruin at Palenque drawn by Ricardo Almendáriz at the time of its original excavation in 1787
- 1786: Antonio Bernasconi and Colonel Antonio del Rio examine the ruins of Palenque, making the first map of the site and some crude excavations.
Excavations
- Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
Finds
- 1780: Tomb of the Scipios rediscovered in Rome.[1]
- 1786: Gold thumb ring of Senicianus discovered near Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) in England.
- 1789: The Stony Stratford Hoard uncovered in England.
- Xagħra Stone Circle first discovered in Malta.
Publications
- 1785: Engineer Diego Ruiz visits and publishes the first account of El Tajín.
- 1789: Saggio di lingua Etrusca by Luigi Lanzi.
Other events
- 1780: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is formed.
- 1783: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is incorporated.
Births
- 1783: June 13 - Thomas Young, English Egyptologist.
- 1784: July 25 - Richard William Howard Vyse, English soldier, anthropologist and Egyptologist.
- 1785: November 24 - Philipp August Böckh, German classical scholar and antiquarian.
- 1787: March 28 - Claudius James Rich, English traveller and scholar.
- 1788: September 10 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist.
- 1788: December 29 - Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish archaeologist.
Deaths
References
- ↑ Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo (1897). The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: a Companion Book for Students and Travelers. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin. pp. 321–7.
| Preceded by 1770s in archaeology |
Archaeology timeline 1780s |
Succeeded by 1790s in archaeology |
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