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1760s . 1770s in archaeology . 1780s

Other events: 1770s . Archaeology timeline

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

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Excavations

• Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

[edit] Finds

[edit] 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.

[edit] Other events

[edit] 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

[edit] Deaths