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Overview of the events of the 1720s in archaeology

List of years in archaeology

In science: 1717; 1718; 1719; 1720; 1721; 1722; 1723

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The decade of the 1720s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island.

Excavations

Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

1722: Easter Island.

Finds

1723: Roman inscribed stone found in Chichester, England.
1725: Rudge Cup found in England.
1727: Gilt bronze head from cult statue of Sulis Minerva from the Temple at Bath, England, found by workmen excavating a sewer.

Publications

1723: Antoine de Jussieu publishes De l'Origine et des usages de la Pierre de Foudre on the origins of fossils, prehistoric stone tools and meteorites.

Births

1721: Nicholas Revett (d. 1804)
1726: October 12 - Pierre Henri Larcher (d. 1812)
1729: 25 September - Christian Gottlob Heyne, German archaeologist (d. 1812)

References

"Les pierres de foudre". Retrieved 2011-10-18.

Preceded by1710s in archaeology

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1720s

Succeeded by1730s in archaeology