The decade of the 1630s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
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Excavations
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Finds
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Events
* 1632: Posthumous publication of
Antonio Bosio
Antonio Bosio (c. 1575 or 1576 – 1629) was a Maltese scholar, the first systematic explorer of subterranean Rome (the "Columbus of the Catacombs"), author of ''Roma Sotterranea'' and first urban spelunker.
Life
Bosio was born in Malta, ...
's ''Roma Sotterranea'', the results of his lifelong systematic exploration of the Roman
catacombs
Catacombs are man-made subterranean passageways for religious practice. Any chamber used as a burial place is a catacomb, although the word is most commonly associated with the Roman Empire.
Etymology and history
The first place to be referred ...
.
Births
* 1633:
Giovanni Giustino Ciampini
Giovanni Giustino Ciampini (born Rome, 1633; died there 1698) was an ecclesiastical archaeologist.
Biography
He graduated from the University of Macerata as a student of law but soon devoted himself to archaeological interests, which an importa ...
,
Italian archeologist (d.
1698
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Abenaki tribe and Massachusetts colonists sign a treaty, ending the conflict in New England.
* January 4 – The Palace of Whitehall in London, England is destroyed by fire.
* January 23 – G ...
)
* 1635: February 1 -
Marquard Gude,
German archaeologist (d.
1689
Events
January–March
* January 22 (January 12, 1688 O.S.) – Glorious Revolution in England: The Convention Parliament is convened to determine if King James II of England, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, vacated th ...
).
Deaths
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References
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Archaeology by decade
Archaeology