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.
• 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.

References

Preceded by 1770s in archaeology

Archaeology timeline 1780s

Succeeded by 1790s in archaeology