1690s in archaeology

none 1690 archaeology science The decade of the 1690s in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Excavations Finds 1693 - Alfred Jewel discovered at North Petherton in Somerset, England.Ashmolean Museum: British Archaeology Collections - Alfred Jewel http://britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/highlights/alfred-jewel.html britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk 9 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170316140305/http://britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/highlights/alfred-jewel.html 16 March 2017 dead 1697 - Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb discovered in Lebanon by Henry Maundrell. Events 1693 - John Aubrey completes his la Monumenta Britannica, or, A miscellanie of British antiquities in manuscript. 1694 - Maltese canon Ignazio di Costanzo reports in a letter that the Cippi of Melqart bear an inscription in the Phoenician alphabet. Births 1690: February 3 - Richard Rawlinson, English antiquarian (d. 1755) 1692: October 31 - Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Claude-Philippe-de-Tubieres-comte-de-Caylus Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières, count de Caylus britannica.com 10 June 2017 1696: Francis Drake, English antiquary (d. 1771)http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F68911 Drake, Francis (1696-1771) Antiquary nationalarchives.gov.uk 17 May 2017 Deaths 1697: John Aubrey, English antiquary (b. 1626)Earth Mysteries: John Aubrey (1626-1697) http://www.britannia.com/wonder/aubry.html www.britannia.com 4 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20161024222647/http://www.britannia.com/wonder/aubry.html 24 October 2016 dead 1698: Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, Italian archaeologist (b. 1633)http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr00032521/ Ciampini, Giovanni Giustino 1633-1698 worldcat.org 4 June 2017 References Archaeology timeline 1690s 1680s in archaeology 1700s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by decade Category:17th century in archaeology Archaeology