1891 in archaeology

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The year 1891 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Explorations
2 Excavations
3 Finds
4 Paleontology
5 Publications
6 Births

Explorations

Brahmagiri first explored by Benjamin L. Rice.

Excavations

Peabody Museum (Harvard) - Harvard University project at Copan begins.
Flinders Petrie works on the temple of Aten at Tell-el-Amarna, discovering a 300-square-foot (28 m²) New Kingdom painted pavement.
J. Theodore Bent works at Great Zimbabwe.

Finds

May 28 - Gundestrup cauldron.

Paleontology

October - Eugène Dubois finds the first fragmentary bones of Pithecanthropus erectus (later redesignated Homo erectus), or 'Java Man', at Trinil on the Solo River.
The Saqqara Bird.

Publications

Coins of Ancient India by Sir Alexander Cunningham.

Births