1770s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1770s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

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

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

Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
1776: October - Vertical shaft sunk at Silbury Hill.

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.

Births

1771: March 10 - Georg Friedrich Creuzer.
1776: Bernardino Drovetti, Italian antiquarian and Egyptologist
1778: Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Egyptologist
1779: May 29 - John Disney, barrister and archaeologist

Deaths

Preceded by 1760s in archaeology	Archaeology timeline 1770s	Succeeded by 1780s in archaeology