1600s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Finds

• The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn c.1600 (discovered in 1977 by Anne Campbell Mcinnes).

Other events

• 1603: In Holland, Frederik de Houtman publishes a grammar and dictionary of Malay and Malagasy, along with a treatise describing the constellations of the southern hemisphere.
• 1609: A Dutch VOC ship built in 1601 or 1602, and loaded with 18000 zinc ingots, is wrecked in 1609 off Gabon, West Africa (discovered in 1985, excavated by Michel L'Hour).

Births

• c.1660: Famiano Nardini, Italian archaeologist (d. 1661)
• c.1602: Athanasius Kircher, German Jewish orientalist (d. 1680)

Deaths

Preceded by 1590s in archaeology

Archaeology timeline 1600s

Succeeded by 1610s in archaeology