1780s in archaeology

The decade of the 1780s in archaeology involved some significant events.

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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

• 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

1. Hingley, Richard (2008). The Recovery of Roman Britain 1586–1906: A Colony So Fertile. Oxford University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-19-923702-9.
2. Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo (1897). The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: a Companion Book for Students and Travelers. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin. pp. 321–7.
3. "Bankes, William John (1786-1855), of Kingston Hall, Dorset". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
4. "James 'Athenian' Stuart, 1713-1788". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

Preceded by 1770s in archaeology

Archaeology timeline 1780s

Succeeded by 1790s in archaeology