1710s in archaeology

The decade of the 1710s in archaeology involved some significant events.

1700s . 1710s in archaeology . 1720s

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Excavations

• Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.

Finds

• 1710: A few remains of the Temple of Apollo are discovered in Mdina, Malta. Most of the marble blocks were later sculpted into decorative elements for new buildings.^[1]
• 1713: Gold aureus coins found in Transylvania provide the only known evidence for Roman usurper Sponsianus.^[2]

Publications

• 1717: Michele Mercati's Metallotheca is published, 124 years after his death.^[3]
• 1719: Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey by Richard Rawlinson.

Births

• 1712: 17 May - Jean-Baptiste Greppo, French canon and archaeologist (d. 1767)
• 1713: James 'Athenian' Stuart, Scottish archaeologist and architect (d. 1788)^[4]
• 1716: January 20 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist (d. 1795)^[5]
• 1717: December 9 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German art critic and archaeologist (d. 1768)^[6]

Deaths

• 1715: February 17 - Antoine Galland, French orientalist (b. 1646)^[7]

Preceded by 1700s in archaeology	Archaeology timeline 1710s	Succeeded by 1720s in archaeology

References

1. Caruana, Antonio Annetto (1882). Report on the Phoenician and Roman antiquities in the group of the islands of Malta. Malta: Government Printing Office. p. 89.
2. Ghosh, Pallab (2022-11-24). "Gold coin proves 'fake' Roman emperor was real". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
3. "Mercati, Michele 1541-1593". worldcat.org. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
4. "James 'Athenian' Stuart, 1713-1788". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
5. "Jean-Jacques Barthelemy - French archaeologist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
6. "Johann Winckelmann - German art historian". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
7. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 17 May 2017.