1720s in archaeology
The decade of the 1720s in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
- 1722: Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrives at Easter Island.
Excavations
Finds
- 1723: Roman inscribed stone found in Chichester, England.
- 1725: Rudge Cup found in England.
- 1727: Gilt bronze head from cult statue of Sulis Minerva from the Temple at Bath, England, found by workmen excavating a sewer.
Publications
- 1723: Antoine de Jussieu publishes De l'Origine et des usages de la Pierre de Foudre on the origins of fossils, prehistoric stone tools and meteorites.