Английская Википедия:1780s in archaeology
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The decade of the 1780s in archaeology involved some significant events.
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.
Excavations
- 1786: Excavation of a Roman villa near Warminster in England by antiquarian Catherine Downes.[1]
- 1788: Excavations of Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum (Wroxeter) in England by civil engineer Thomas Telford.
- Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
Finds
- 1780
- Tomb of the Scipios rediscovered in Rome.[2]
- Discobolus Palombara discovered in Rome.
- 1781: Roman coin hoards found in England near Eye, Suffolk (approximate date) and Stanmore, near London.
- 1782: Tomb of Catherine Parr (d. 1548) rediscovered in Sudeley Castle, England.
- 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: December 18 - The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is formed.
- 1783: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is incorporated.
Births
- 1784: July 25 - Richard William Howard Vyse, English soldier, anthropologist and Egyptologist (d. 1853).
- 1785: November 24 - Philipp August Böckh, German classical scholar and antiquarian (d. 1867).
- 1786: December 11 - William John Bankes, English Member of Parliament, explorer and Egyptologist (d. 1855).[3]
- 1787: March 28 - Claudius James Rich, English traveller and scholar (d. 1820).
- 1788: September 10 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868)
- 1788: December 29 - Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish archaeologist (d. 1865).
Deaths
- 1788: James Stuart, Scottish archaeologist (b. 1713)[4]
References
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