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1670s in archaeology

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The decade of the 1670s in archaeology involved some significant events.

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Finds

  • 1674: 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.
  • 1676: The first fossilised bone of what is now known to be a dinosaur is discovered in England by Robert Plot, the femur of a Megalosaurus from a limestone quarry at Cornwell near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

    • Other events

  • 1675: March 25 - Loss of HMY Mary off Anglesey.

    • Births

  • 1671: January 15 - Abraham de la Pryme, English antiquary (died 1704).
  • 1673: November 21 - Nicholas Mahudel, French antiquary (died 1747).

    • References

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