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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.
Births
Deaths
References