1750s in archaeology
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The decade of the 1750s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- 1757: Robert Adam surveys the ruins of Diocletian's Palace at Spalato in Dalmatia.
Excavations
- 1755: At Bath, England, when the Priory or Abbey house is demolished and the foundations are cleared, stone coffins, bones of various animals, and other things are found.[1] Upon digging further, hot mineral waters gush forth and interrupt the work: the old Roman sewer had been found, and the water is drained off. Foundations of regular buildings are traced[1] leading to excavation of a great bath, afterwards called Lucas's Bath, when the eastern wall of the great Hall is opened.[1]
- 1757: Rev. Bryan Faussett begins excavating Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in Kent, England (continues to 1773).[2]
- Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
Finds
- 1754: A hoard of about 207 Roman gold coins (and one silver coin) are discovered at Menzelen just outside Xanten on the lower Rhine.
- 1755: Several sepulchral inscriptions and figures, in bas-relief, are discovered at Bonn in Lower Germany.
Publications
- 1755: Frederic Louis Norden's Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie published posthumously in Copenhagen.
Other events
- 1751: The Society of Antiquaries of London receives its Royal charter.
Births
- 1754: date unknown - William Cunnington, pioneering English antiquarian and archaeologist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century (died 1810).
- 1755: May 16 - Honoré Flaugergues (died c.1833).
- 1758: December 9 - Richard Colt Hoare, English antiquarian and archaeologist of the early nineteenth century (died 1838).
Deaths
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath" (E-text), Charles E. Davis, 2004-10-02, Project Gutenberg, eBook #13582, webpage: G5828.
- ↑ Webster, Leslie (1986). "Anglo-Saxon England AD 400–1100". In Longworth, Ian & Cherry, John (ed). Archaeology in Britain since 1945. London: British Museum. p. 121. ISBN 0-7141-2035-9.
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