The decade of the 1770s in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• 1773: Don Ramon de Ordo ez y Aguilar examines the ruins of Palenque and sends a report to the Captain General at Antigua Guatemala.
• 1777: The ruins of Xochicalco described by explorer Antonio Alzate.

Excavations

• Formal excavations continue at Pompeii.
• 1776: October - Vertical shaft sunk at Silbury Hill.

Finds

• 1774: Discovery of reputed Roman Baths, Strand Lane, London.

Publications

• 1774: Don Bernardo Miera y Pacheco identifies the Chaco Canyon area as "Chaca" on a map. The term, a Spanish translation of a Navajo word, is thought to be the origin for "Chacra Mesa" and "Chaco".
• 1775: Memoire sur Venus, by Pierre Henri Larcher.

Other events

• 1772: The British Museum acquires its first antiquities of note, Sir William Hamilton's collection of ancient Greek vases.
• 1774: May 2 - The Society of Antiquaries of London open the coffin of King Edward I.

Births

• 1771: March 10 - Georg Friedrich Creuzer.
• 1776: Bernardino Drovetti, Italian antiquarian and Egyptologist
• 1778: Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Egyptologist
• 1779: May 29 - John Disney, barrister and archaeologist

Deaths

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