1730s in archaeology

none 1730 archaeology science The decade of the 1730s in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Excavations Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. Finds 1738: First formal excavations of Herculaneum, by Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre sponsored by Charles III of SpainHerculaneum - ancient city, Italy https://www.britannica.com/place/Herculaneum Encyclopedia Britannica 17 January 2018 en thumb|right|1730: William Hamilton. Publications 1732: John Horsley - Britannia Romana (posthumous). 1735: Prospero Alpini - Historiæ Ægypti Naturalis (posthumous). 1736: Francis Drake - Eboracum (Roman York)York's first historian: Francis Drake: History of York http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/social-centre-of-the-north/york-s-first-historian-francis-drake www.historyofyork.org.uk 17 January 2018 Other events 1731: December 8 - Antiquarian John Freeman buries a 'time capsule' in the grounds of his house at Fawley Court in England. 1734: November 12 - Nicholas Mahudel reads a paper to the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres on Three Successive Ages of Stone, Bronze, and Iron, introducing the concept of the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.Hamy M. E. T. March–April 1906 Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de l'archéologie préhistorique Revue Archéologique 4e série 7 239–259 Births 1730: September 16 - William Hamilton, Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and volcanologist (d. 1803) 1732: Luigi Lanzi, Italian archaeologist (d. 1810)http://arthistorians.info/lanzil Lanzi, Luigi arthistorians.info 17 May 2017 1735: August 8 - Jérémie Jacques Oberlin, Alsatian archaeologist (d. 1806) Deaths 1732: January 12 - John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. c.1685) References Archaeology timeline 1730s 1720s in archaeology 1740s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by decade Category:18th century in archaeology Archaeology