1600s in archaeology

none 1600 archaeology science The decade of the 1600s in archaeology involved some significant events. Events c.1600: The Savile Map of Bath, England is drawn (discovered in 1977 by Anne Campbell Mcinnes). 1603: In Holland, Frederik de Houtman publishes a grammar and dictionary of Malay and Malagasy, along with a treatise describing the constellations of the southern hemisphere. 1609: A Dutch VOC ship built in 1601 or 1602, and loaded with 18000 zinc ingots, is wrecked in 1609 off Gabon, West Africa (discovered in 1985, excavated by Michel L'Hour). Births c.1600: Famiano Nardini, Italian archaeologist (d. 1661) 1602: John Greaves, English mathematician, astronomer and antiquary (d. 1652)John Greaves - English mathematician, astronomer, and antiquary https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Greaves Encyclopedia Britannica 17 May 2017 en 1602: May 2 - Athanasius Kircher, German scholar (d. 1680)http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Author?author=Kircher%2C+Athanasius%2C+1602-1680&type=Author&page=3 Athanasius Kircher Yale University Library 20 June 2017 References Archaeology timeline 1600s 1590s in archaeology 1610s in archaeology Category:Archaeology by decade Archaeology Category:17th century in archaeology