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The decade of the 1690s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
Finds
- 1693 - Alfred Jewel discovered at North Petherton in Somerset, England.
- 1697 - Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb discovered in Lebanon by Henry Maundrell.
Events
- 1693 - John Aubrey completes his 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)
- 1696: Francis Drake, English antiquary (d. 1771)
Deaths
- 1697: John Aubrey, English antiquary (b. 1626)
- 1698: Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, Italian archaeologist (b. 1633)
References
- "Ashmolean Museum: British Archaeology Collections - Alfred Jewel". britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières, count de Caylus". britannica.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- "Drake, Francis (1696-1771) Antiquary". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- "Earth Mysteries: John Aubrey (1626-1697)". www.britannia.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- "Ciampini, Giovanni Giustino 1633-1698". worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
| Preceded by1680s in archaeology | Archaeology timeline 1690s |
Succeeded by1700s in archaeology |