1780s in archaeology
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The decade of the 1780s in archaeology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Explorations
- 1786: Antonio Bernasconi and Colonel Antonio del Rio examine the ruins of Palenque, making the first map of the site and some crude excavations.
[edit] Excavations
- Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
[edit] Finds
[edit] Publications
- 1785: Engineer Diego Ruiz visits and publishes first account of El Tajín.
- 1789: Saggio di lingua Etrusca by Luigi Lanzi.
[edit] Other events
- 1780: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is formed.
- 1783: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is incorporated.
[edit] Births
- 1783: June 13: Thomas Young
- 1784: Richard William Howard Vyse, British soldier, anthropologist and Egyptologist.
- 1787: March 28 - Claudius James Rich, English traveller and scholar.
- 1788: 10 September - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes.
