1770s in archaeology

1770s in archaeology

The decade of the 1770s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

* 1773: Don Ramon de Ordoñez 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

* Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

Finds

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Publications

* 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".
* 1775: "Memoire sur Venus", by Pierre Henri Larcher.

Other events

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Births

* 1771: March 10 - Georg Friedrich Creuzer.
* 1776: Bernardino Drovetti, Italian antiquarian and Egyptologist
* 1778: Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Egyptologist
* 1779: May 29 - John Disney, barrister and archaeologist

Deaths

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