1730s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1730s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Explorations
2 Excavations
3 Finds
4 Publications
5 Other events
6 Births
7 Deaths
8 References

Explorations

Excavations

Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

Finds

1738: Herculaneum is rediscovered, buried in volcanic ash near Pompeii.

Publications

Other events

1731: December 8 - Antiquarian John Freeman buries a 'time capsule' in the grounds of his house at Fawley Court in England.
1734: November 12 - Nicholas Mahudel reads a paper to the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres on Three Successive Ages of Stone, Bronze, and Iron, introducing the concept of the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.^[1]

Births

1730: September 16 - William Hamilton, Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and volcanologist (died 1803)
1732: Luigi Lanzi, Italian archaeologist (died 1810)
1735: August 8 - Jérémie Jacques Oberlin, Alsatian archaeologist (died 1806)

Deaths

References

^ Hamy, M. E. T. (mars–avril 1906). "Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de l'archéologie préhistorique". Revue archéologique, 4e série 7: 239–259.

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