1690s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1690s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

Finds

• 1693 - Alfred Jewel discovered at North Petherton in Somerset, England.[1]
• 1697 - Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb discovered in Lebanon by Henry Maundrell.

Events

• 1693 - John Aubrey completes his Monumenta Britannica, or, A miscellanie of British antiquities in manuscript.
• 1694 - Maltese canon Ignazio di Costanzo reports in a letter that the Cippi of Melqart bear an inscription in the Phoenician alphabet.

Births

• 1690: February 3 - Richard Rawlinson, English antiquarian (d. 1755)
• 1692: October 31 - Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist (d. 1765)[2]
• 1696: Francis Drake, English antiquary (d. 1771)[3]

Deaths

• 1697: John Aubrey, English antiquary (b. 1626)[4]
• 1698: Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, Italian archaeologist (b. 1633)[5]

References

1. "Ashmolean Museum: British Archaeology Collections - Alfred Jewel". britisharchaeology.ashmus.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
2. "Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières, count de Caylus". britannica.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
3. "Drake, Francis (1696-1771) Antiquary". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
4. "Earth Mysteries: John Aubrey (1626-1697)". www.britannia.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
5. "Ciampini, Giovanni Giustino 1633-1698". worldcat.org. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

Preceded by 1680s in archaeology

Archaeology timeline 1690s

Succeeded by 1700s in archaeology