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1891 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1891.

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 sqft 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.

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Deaths

References

References

  1. "The Gundestrup Cauldron".
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