The decade of the 1670s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
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Excavations
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Finds
* 1673: December 11 -
Gray's Inn Lane Hand Axe excavated in London and recognised by
John Conyers
John James Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1965 to 2017. The districts he represented always included part of western Detroit. ...
, 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.
* 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.
** A
Bronze Age lance head is excavated at
Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire
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The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 81 increasing to 172 at the 2011 Ce ...
, England.
Events
* 1675: March 25 - Loss of
HMY ''Mary'' off
Anglesey.
Births
* 1671: January 15 -
Abraham de la Pryme,
English antiquary
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(d.
1704
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Events
January–June
* January 7 – Partial solar eclipse, Solar Saros 146, is visible in ...
).
* 1673: November 21 -
Nicholas Mahudel
Nicolas Mahudel (21 November 1673 – 7 March 1747) was a French antiquary interested in prehistoric research. He proposed the chronological prehistoric sequence Stone Age - Bronze Age - Iron Age. Mahudel was for a time a Jesuit and later in his l ...
,
French
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antiquary (d.
1747
Events
January–March
* January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
* February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coul ...
).
* 1675: June 1 -
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei
Francesco Scipione Maffei (; 1 June 1675 – 11 February 1755) was a Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables o ...
, Italian archaeologist (d.
1755
Events
January–March
* January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established.
* February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the ...
).
Deaths
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References
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Archaeology by decade
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