1670s in archaeology
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The decade of the 1670s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Excavations
Finds
- 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: July 17 - 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]
Events
Births
- 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]