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| 1760s . 1770s in archaeology . 1780s |
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The decade of the 1770s in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
- 1773: Don Ramon de Ordoñez y Aguilar examines the ruins of Palenque and sends a report to the Captain General at Antigua Guatemala.
- 1777: The ruins of Xochicalco described by explorer Antonio Alzate.
Excavations
- Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
Finds
Publications
- 1774: Don Bernardo Miera y Pacheco identifies the Chaco Canyon area as "Chaca" on a map. The term, a Spanish translation of a Navajo word, is thought to be the origin for "Chacra Mesa" and "Chaco".
- 1775: Memoire sur Venus, by Pierre Henri Larcher.
Other events
Births
- 1771: March 10 - Georg Friedrich Creuzer.
- 1776: Bernardino Drovetti, Italian antiquarian and Egyptologist
- 1778: Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Egyptologist
- 1779: May 29 - John Disney, barrister and archaeologist