1690s in archaeology
The decade of the 1690s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Finds
- 1693 - Alfred Jewel discovered at North Petherton in Somerset, England.
- 1697 - Commemorative stela of Nahr el-Kalb discovered in Lebanon by Henry Maundrell.
Events
- 1693 - John Aubrey completes his in manuscript.
- 1694 - Maltese canon Ignazio di Costanzo reports in a letter that the Cippi of Melqart bear an inscription in the Phoenician alphabet.
Births
- 1690: February 3 - Richard Rawlinson, English antiquarian
- 1692: October 31 - Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist
- 1696: Francis Drake, English antiquary
Deaths
- 1697: John Aubrey, English antiquary
- 1698: Giovanni Giustino Ciampini, Italian archaeologist