1670s in archaeology

none 1670 archaeology science The decade of the 1670s in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Excavations Finds 1673: December 11 - Gray's Inn Lane Hand Axe excavated in London and recognised by John Conyers, the first paleolithic artefact to be identified as having human origins. 1674: July 17 - Two skeletons of children are discovered in the White Tower (Tower of London), believed at this time to be the remains of the Princes in the Tower.http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page49.asp >History of the Monarchy > The Yorkists > Edward V 2007-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20071018023032/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page49.asp 18 October 2007 1676 The first fossilised bone of what will be recognised as a dinosaur is discovered in England by Robert Plot, the femur of a Megalosaurus from a limestone quarry at Cornwell near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.Sarjeant William A.S. Farlow, James O. Brett-Surman, Michael K. The Complete Dinosaur 1997 Indiana University Press Bloomington 0-253-33349-0 3–11 The earliest discoveries registration https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780253333490/page/3 A Bronze Age lance head is excavated at Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire, England.In the collection at Burton Constable Hall. In the Beginning Archaeology: A Secret History Presenter: Richard Miles BBC 2013-04-30 1 38 Events 1675: March 25 - Loss of HMY Mary off Anglesey. Births 1671: January 15 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquary (d. 1704). 1673: November 21 - Nicholas Mahudel, French antiquary (d. 1747). 1675: June 1 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755).Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei - Italian dramatist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francesco-Scipione-marchese-di-Maffei Encyclopedia Britannica 10 June 2017 en Deaths References Archaeology timeline 1670s 1660s in archaeology 1680s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by decade Category:17th century in archaeology Archaeology