1991 in archaeology

The year 1991 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Excavations

• Dmanisi historic site, Georgia.
• November–December - Scar boat burial, Orkney.
• November 4 - An archaeological expedition is launched in France, eventually resulting in the discovery of a mass grave and identification of the body of the novelist Alain-Fournier, 77 years after his death as Lieutenant Henri-Alban Fournier in World War I.

Finds

• July - Rock art at Cosquer cave in Cap Morgiou, France.
• September 19 - Ötzi the Iceman.
• September 25 - First fragment of Dmanisi hominins in Georgia.
• September - Fourteen Ancient Egyptian Boats (First Dynasty) identified at Abydos.
• Cuetlajuchitlán discovered in Mexico.
• Remains of monks at Mor Gabriel Monastery in Turkey killed by Timur's troops in 1401 are found in caves underneath the monastery.
• Cores and samples from a roof in Pueblo Bonito are dated to ca. A.D. 1082.
• Remains of British battlecruiser in the North Sea.

Publications

• Joan M. Gero and Margaret W. Conkey (ed.) - Engendering Archaeology: Women and Prehistory. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Richard Hodges - Wall-to-Wall History: the Story of Roystone Grange. London: Duckworth
• Charles D. Trombold and David W. Wagner - "Analysis of Prehistoric Roadways in Chaco Canyon Using Remotely Sensed Digital Data." Ancient Road Networks and Settlement Hierarchies in the New World. Cambridge University Press. .
• Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn - Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. London: Thames and Hudson. .

Awards

• Archaeologist Colin Renfrew has created a life peer as Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, of Hurlet in the District of Renfrew.

Events

• Gulf War: The Basra Museum is extensively looted.

Deaths

• January 18 - Clarence Hungerford Webb, American archaeologist (b. 1902)
• March 31 - A. W. Lawrence, English Classical archaeologist (b. 1900)

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