1891 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1891.

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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, found in Himmerland, Denmark.

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.
• Dorset Ooser first published.