1670s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1670s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

1673: December 11 - Gray's Inn Lane Hand Axe excavated in London and recognised by John Conyers, the first paleolithic artefact to be identified as having human origins.
1674: Two skeletons of children are discovered in the White Tower (Tower of London), believed at this time to be the remains of the Princes in the Tower.^[1]
1676
- The first fossilised bone of what will be recognised as a dinosaur is discovered in England by Robert Plot, the femur of a Megalosaurus from a limestone quarry at Cornwell near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.^[2]
- A Bronze Age lance head is excavated at Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire, England.^[3]

1671: January 15 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquary (d. 1704).
1673: November 21 - Nicholas Mahudel, French antiquary (d. 1747).
1675: June 1 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755).^[4]

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^ Sarjeant, William A.S. (1997). "The earliest discoveries". In Farlow, James O.; Brett-Surman, Michael K. (eds.). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 3–11. ISBN 0-253-33349-0.
^ In the collection at Burton Constable Hall. Presenter: Richard Miles (2013-04-30). "In the Beginning". Archaeology: A Secret History. Episode 1. 38 minutes in. BBC.
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