1781 in archaeology

1781 in archaeology
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1770s ^. 1780s in archaeology ^. 1790s
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The decade of the 1780s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Explorations
2 Excavations
3 Finds
4 Publications
5 Other events
6 Births
7 Deaths

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

Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

Finds

Publications

1785: Engineer Diego Ruiz visits and publishes 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
1784: Richard William Howard Vyse, British soldier, anthropologist and Egyptologist.
1787: March 28 - Claudius James Rich, English traveller and scholar.
1788: 10 September - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes.

Deaths

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