1760s in archaeology

none 1760 archaeology science The decade of the 1760s in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations 1764: First systematic mapping of the Antonine Wall by William Roy. Excavations Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. 1757: Rev. Bryan Faussett begins excavations at Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in Kent, England. Finds 1761-1767: Carsten Niebuhr transcribes the cuneiform inscriptions at Persepolis. 1765: Nathaniel Davison discovers a stress-relieving chamber (Davison's chamber) above the Kings chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza. Publications 1762: James "Athenian" Stuart and Nicholas Revett's Antiquities of Athens.James 'Athenian' Stuart, 1713-1788 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3675384/James-Athenian-Stuart-1713-1788.html Telegraph.co.uk 8 June 2017 en 1764: Robert Adam's Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. Johann Joachim Winckelmann's Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums ("History of Ancient Art"). Other events 1764: French scholar Jean-Jacques Barthélemy deciphers the Phoenician language using the inscriptions on the Cippi of Melqart from Malta. Births 1760: January 6 - Richard Polwhele, Cornish antiquarian (d. 1838) June 8 - Karl Böttiger, German archaeologist (d. 1835) 1763: November 19 - Karl Ludwig Fernow, German art critic and archaeologist (d. 1808)Goedeke Karl Goetze Edmund Siebentes Buch: Zeit des Weltkrieges (1790–1815): Phantastische Dichtung. Abteilung I 2011 Walter de Gruyter 9783050052502 310 https://books.google.com/books?id=6H2dCgAAQBAJ de Samuel Lysons, English antiquarian (d. 1819)http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F45413 Samuel Lysons nationalarchives.gov.uk 17 May 2017 1766: March 16? - Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer (d. 1875) 1769: March 23 - William Smith, English geologist (d. 1839)William Smith - British geologist https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Smith-British-geologist Encyclopedia Britannica 8 June 2017 en August 23 - Georges Cuvier, French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (d. 1832)Georges Cuvier https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georges-Cuvier Encyclopedia Britannica 21 August 2017 en September 14 - Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian explorer and writer (d. 1859) Deaths 1765: March 3 - William Stukeley, English antiquarian (b. 1689) September 5 - 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 Encyclopedia Britannica 10 June 2017 1767: June 17 - Jean-Baptiste Greppo, French canon and archaeologist (b. 1712) 1768: June 8 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German art critic and archaeologist (b. 1717)Johann Winckelmann - German art historian https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Joachim-Winckelmann Encyclopedia Britannica 10 June 2017 en References Archaeology timeline 1760s 1750s in archaeology 1770s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by decade Category:18th century in archaeology Archaeology