1720s in archaeology

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.

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, English architect (d. 1804)
• 1726: October 12 - Pierre Henri Larcher, French classical scholar (d. 1812)
• 1729: September 25 - Christian Gottlob Heyne, German archaeologist (d. 1812)

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