Overview of the events of 1891 in archaeology

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The year 1891 in archaeology involved some significant events.

## Explorations[edit]

* Brahmagiri first explored by Benjamin L. Rice.

## Excavations[edit]

* 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[edit]

* May 28 - Gundestrup cauldron, found in Himmerland, Denmark.[1]

## Paleontology[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Coins of Ancient India by Sir Alexander Cunningham.
* Dorset Ooser first published.

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "The Gundestrup Cauldron". National Museum of Denmark. Retrieved 27 May 2017.