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Overview of the events of the 1770s in archaeology
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The decade of the
1770s in archaeology
involved some significant events.
Explorations
1773: Don Ramon de Ordoñez y Aguilar examines the ruins of
Palenque
and sends a report to the Captain General at
Antigua Guatemala
.
1777: The ruins of
Xochicalco
described by explorer Antonio Alzate.
Excavations
1776: October - Vertical shaft sunk at
Silbury Hill
.
[1]
Formal excavations continue at
Pompeii
.
Finds
1774: Discovery of reputed
Roman Baths, Strand Lane
,
London
.
Publications
1774: Don
Bernardo Miera y Pacheco
identifies the
Chaco Canyon
area as "Chaca" on a map. The term, a Spanish translation of a Navajo word, is thought to be the origin for "Chacra Mesa" and "Chaco".
1775:
Memoire sur Venus
, by
Pierre Henri Larcher
.
Other events
1772: The
British Museum
acquires its first antiquities of note,
Sir William Hamilton
's collection of
ancient Greek vases
.
1774: May 2 - The
Society of Antiquaries of London
open the coffin of
King Edward I
.
[2]
1777:
National Archaeological Museum, Naples
, established.
Births
1771: March 10 -
Georg Friedrich Creuzer
,
German
Greek
philologist
and archaeologist (d.
1858
)
1773: June 13 -
Thomas Young
,
English
Egyptologist
(d.
1829
)
[3]
1774: June 10 -
Carl Haller von Hallerstein
, German Greek archaeologist (d.
1817
)
1776
January 4 -
Bernardino Drovetti
,
Italian
antiquarian
and Egyptologist (d.
1852
)
March 12 -
Lady Hester Stanhope
,
English
archaeologist (d.
1839
)
1778: November 5 -
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
, Italian explorer and Egyptologist (d.
1823
)
1779: May 29 -
John Disney
, English
barrister
, antiquarian and archaeological benefactor (d.
1857
)
Deaths
1771
Francis Drake
(b.
1696
)
References
^
"Silbury Hill: A last look inside - Current Archaeology"
.
www.archaeology.co.uk
. Retrieved
23 August
2017
.
^
"Edward I and Eleanor of Castile"
.
Westminster Abbey
. Archived from
the original
on 2017-06-09
. Retrieved
9 June
2017
.
^
"Thomas Young"
.
Britannica.com
. Retrieved
17 May
2017
.
Preceded by
1760s in archaeology
Archaeology timeline
1770s
Succeeded by
1780s in archaeology
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