• The decade of the 1780s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1786: Antonio Bernasconi and Colonel Antonio del Rio examine the ruins of Palenque...
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    The 1780s (pronounced "seventeen-eighties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1780, and ended on December 31, 1789. A period...
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  • The decade of the 1770s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1773: Don Ramon de Ordoñez y Aguilar examines the ruins of Palenque and sends...
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  • the 1790s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1799: Napoleon in Egypt: French troops occupy Egyptian territory. Tomb KV20 in the Valley...
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  • transport that occurred during the 1780s. January 26 – John Urpeth Rastrick, English steam locomotive builder and partner in Foster, Rastrick and Company (died...
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  • Racism in archaeology covers the phenomenon of interpreting archaeological remains in terms of speculations about the putative racial profiles of the peoples...
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  • viaduct, which became known as the "Covered Bridge", is built at Blaenavon in South Wales for a horse-worked tramway carrying coal to the ironworks coke...
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    separate term Caucasian in the 1780s. These terms were used and developed by numerous other scholars over the next century. In the early 20th century,...
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  • 1833). June 13 – William James, English railway promoter (died 1837). Years in rail transport "Richard Trevithick". Scientific American. 27 (21): 325. 1872...
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  • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1910. Francis Llewellyn Griffith begins a 4-year series of excavations in Nubia. Edgar Lee Hewett...
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  • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1950. Spring: Explorations at Timna in Yemen by Wendell Phillips of the American Foundation for...
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  • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1930. Vere Gordon Childe completes excavations at Skara Brae (begun in 1927). John Garstang begins...
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  • archaeologist (b. 1877) List of years in archaeology 1959 in archaeology 1961 in archaeology "BBC - Digging in the 60s at Fishbourne Roman Palace". news...
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  • events in archaeology that occurred in 1863. Édouard Lartet and Henry Christy begin joint exploration of caves in the valley of the Vézère, in southern...
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  • School of Archaeology at Rome begin (continue to 1986). Ain Dara temple, Syria; continues until 1985. Excavations begin at Dryslwyn Castle in Wales under...
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  • skladateľ a muzikológ (in Slovak) Randy Sparks, who gave folk music a big choral sound, dies at 90 (subscription required) "DOLIU în lumea muzicii. S-a stins...
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  • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1940. Start of excavations at Tell Uqair by Iraqi Directorate General of Antiquities (Seton Lloyd...
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    tubers do not preserve well in the archaeological record, making identification difficult. The earliest archaeologically verified potato tuber remains...
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  • notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1920. Synagogue of Tomar identified in Portugal. Work begins at Pueblo Bonito and other sites in Chaco Canyon...
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    ISBN 90-04-11973-6. Tsang, Cheng-hwa (2000), "Recent advances in the Iron Age archaeology of Taiwan", Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association...
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    Mangazeya (category Archaeological sites in Russia)
    Yenisei with the Lower Tunguska, which was known as New Mangazeya until the 1780s.[citation needed] The location of original Mangazeya and the Pomors' Northern...
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  • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1900. March 16: Arthur Evans purchases Knossos and soon after begins excavations. Excavations...
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  • Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1947. Donaldson site in Ontario, Canada first documented. Mortimer Wheeler excavates Brahmagiri...
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    Lockerbie (category Towns in Dumfries and Galloway)
    High Street, producing in effect a semi-planned settlement. By 1750 Lockerbie had become a significant town, and from the 1780s it was a staging post on...
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  • engineer and inventor. Born in Cirencester, he held an intense interest in mechanics at a young age. Moving to London in the 1780s, he created and patented...
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    Despite the order, many Jesuits remained in and around the present day Tucson, Arizona, as late as the 1780s.[citation needed] Missions were organized...
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  • Central Asia, South Asia, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa. Introduced in the 1780s by members of the Göttingen school of history, the term denoted one of...
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    Jean-Étienne Astier in the 1780s, using the ochre mines and quarries in Roussillon, Rustrel, or Gargas in the Vaucluse department of Provence, in France. Thanks...
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    Hawaii (redirect from Transport in Hawaii)
    damaging to the Hawaiians. During the 1780s, and 1790s, chiefs often fought for power. After a series of battles that ended in 1795, all inhabited islands were...
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    Provenance (category Archaeological artifacts)
    dates to the 1780s in English. Provenance is conceptually comparable to the legal term chain of custody. For museums and the art trade, in addition to...
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