1720s in archaeology

Overview of the events of the 1720s in archaeology

List of years in archaeology

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* … 1710
* 1711
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The decade of the 1720s in archaeology involved some significant events.

## Explorations

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* 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island.

## Excavations

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* Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

1722: Easter Island.

## Finds

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* 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

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* 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.[1]

## Births

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

## References

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

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1710s in archaeology

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1720s  | Succeeded by

1730s in archaeology

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