1760s in archaeology explained
The decade of the 1760s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
- Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
- 1757: Rev. Bryan Faussett begins excavations at Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in Kent, England.
Finds
Publications
Other events
Births
- 1760:
- 1763:
- 1766: March 16? - Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer (d. 1875)
- 1769:
Deaths
Notes and References
- Web site: James 'Athenian' Stuart, 1713-1788. Telegraph.co.uk. 8 June 2017. en.
- Book: Goedeke. Karl. Goetze. Edmund. Siebentes Buch: Zeit des Weltkrieges (1790–1815): Phantastische Dichtung. Abteilung I. 2011. Walter de Gruyter. 9783050052502. 310. de.
- Web site: Samuel Lysons. nationalarchives.gov.uk. 17 May 2017.
- Web site: William Smith - British geologist. Encyclopedia Britannica. 8 June 2017. en.
- Web site: Georges Cuvier. Encyclopedia Britannica. 21 August 2017. en.
- Web site: Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières, count de Caylus. Encyclopedia Britannica. 10 June 2017.
- Web site: Johann Winckelmann - German art historian. Encyclopedia Britannica. 10 June 2017. en.