1760s in archaeology

The decade of the 1760s in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Explorations

Excavations

  • Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
  • 1757: Rev. Bryan Faussett begins excavations at Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in Kent, England.

Finds

Publications

Other events

Births

Deaths

References

  1. "James 'Athenian' Stuart, 1713-1788". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. Goedeke, Karl; Goetze, Edmund (2011). Siebentes Buch: Zeit des Weltkrieges (1790–1815): Phantastische Dichtung. Abteilung I (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 310. ISBN 9783050052502.
  3. "Samuel Lysons". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. "William Smith - British geologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. "Georges Cuvier". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  6. "Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières, count de Caylus". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  7. "Johann Winckelmann - German art historian". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
Preceded by
1750s in archaeology
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1760s
Succeeded by
1770s in archaeology
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