1774: Don Bernardo Miera y Pacheco identifies the Chaco Canyon area as "Chaca" on a map. The term, a Spanish translation of a Navajo word, is thought to be the origin for "Chacra Mesa" and "Chaco".
1770s, archaeology, decade, involved, some, significant, events, 1760s, 1780sother, topics, rail, transport, list, years, archaeology, table, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779. The decade of the 1770s in archaeology involved some significant events 1760s 1770s in archaeology 1780sOther topics Rail transport List of years in archaeology table 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 In science 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science Contents 1 Explorations 2 Excavations 3 Finds 4 Publications 5 Other events 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 ReferencesExplorations edit1773 Don Ramon de Ordonez y Aguilar examines the ruins of Palenque and sends a report to the Captain General at Antigua Guatemala 1777 The ruins of Xochicalco described by explorer Antonio Alzate Excavations edit1776 October Vertical shaft sunk at Silbury Hill 1 Formal excavations continue at Pompeii Finds edit1774 Discovery of reputed Roman Baths Strand Lane London Publications edit1774 Don Bernardo Miera y Pacheco identifies the Chaco Canyon area as Chaca on a map The term a Spanish translation of a Navajo word is thought to be the origin for Chacra Mesa and Chaco 1775 Memoire sur Venus by Pierre Henri Larcher Other events edit1772 The British Museum acquires its first antiquities of note Sir William Hamilton s collection of ancient Greek vases 1774 May 2 The Society of Antiquaries of London open the coffin of King Edward I 2 1777 National Archaeological Museum Naples established Births edit1771 March 10 Georg Friedrich Creuzer German Greek philologist and archaeologist d 1858 1773 June 13 Thomas Young English Egyptologist d 1829 3 1774 June 10 Carl Haller von Hallerstein German Greek archaeologist d 1817 1776 January 4 Bernardino Drovetti Italian antiquarian and Egyptologist d 1852 March 12 Lady Hester Stanhope English archaeologist d 1839 1778 November 5 Giovanni Battista Belzoni Italian explorer and Egyptologist d 1823 1779 May 29 John Disney English barrister antiquarian and archaeological benefactor d 1857 Deaths edit1771 Francis Drake b 1696 References edit Silbury Hill A last look inside Current Archaeology www archaeology co uk Retrieved 23 August 2017 Edward I and Eleanor of Castile Westminster Abbey Archived from the original on 2017 06 09 Retrieved 9 June 2017 Thomas Young Britannica com Retrieved 17 May 2017 Preceded by1760s in archaeology Archaeology timeline1770s Succeeded by1780s in archaeology Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1770s in archaeology amp oldid 1098583787, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
