1891 in archaeology

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 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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