1680s in archaeology
The decade of the 1680s in archaeology involved some significant events.
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Explorations
Excavations
- 1685: Dolmen at Borger, Netherlands, excavated by Titia Brongersma.[1]
Finds
Publications
- 1685: Jacob Spon - Miscellanea eruditae antiquitatis
Events
- 1683: June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens in Oxford. The Rev. Robert Hunt donates the limestone false door stele of Sheri from Saqqara (Fourth Dynasty of Egypt), one of the first large Middle Eastern sculptures seen in Western Europe.[2]
- 1687: An explosion destroys part of the Parthenon.[3]
Births
- 1685: approximate date - John Horsley, English archaeologist (d. 1732)
- 1687: November 7 - William Stukeley, English antiquarian (d. 1765)
Deaths
- 1680: November 28 - Athanasius Kircher, German scholar (b. 1602)[4]
- 1689: November 26 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
References
- "The largest Hunebed". HunebedCentrum. 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
- Ashmolean Museum AN1836.479.
- "Parthenon". britannica.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- "Athanasius Kircher". Yale University Library. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
| Preceded by 1670s in archaeology |
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Succeeded by 1690s in archaeology |
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