1730s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1730s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Explorations
2 Excavations
3 Finds
4 Publications
5 Other events
6 Births
7 Deaths

Explorations

Excavations

Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

Finds

1738: Herculaneum is rediscovered, buried in volcanic ash near Pompeii.

1730: William Hamilton.

Publications

1734: Three Successive Ages of Stone, Bronze, and Iron, by Nicholas Mahudel.

Other events

Births

1730: September 16 - William Hamilton, Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and volcanologist (died 1803)
1732: Luigi Lanzi, Italian archaeologist (died 1810)
1735: August 8 - Jérémie Jacques Oberlin (died 1806)

Deaths

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