1780s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1780s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Detail of a relief from a Mayan ruin at Palenque drawn by Ricardo Almendáriz at the time of its original excavation in 1787

1786: Antonio Bernasconi and Colonel Antonio del Rio examine the ruins of Palenque, making the first map of the site and some crude excavations.

Excavations

Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

Finds

1780: Tomb of the Scipios rediscovered in Rome.^[1]
1786: Gold thumb ring of Senicianus discovered near Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) in England.
1789: The Stony Stratford Hoard uncovered in England.
Xagħra Stone Circle first discovered in Malta.

Publications

1785: Engineer Diego Ruiz visits and publishes the first account of El Tajín.
1789: Saggio di lingua Etrusca by Luigi Lanzi.

Other events

1780: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is formed.
1783: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is incorporated.

Births

1783: June 13 - Thomas Young, English Egyptologist.
1784: July 25 - Richard William Howard Vyse, English soldier, anthropologist and Egyptologist.
1785: November 24 - Philipp August Böckh, German classical scholar and antiquarian.
1787: March 28 - Claudius James Rich, English traveller and scholar.
1788: September 10 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist.
1788: December 29 - Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish archaeologist.

Deaths

References

↑ Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo (1897). The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: a Companion Book for Students and Travelers. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin. pp. 321–7.

Preceded by 1770s in archaeology	Archaeology timeline 1780s	Succeeded by 1790s in archaeology

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