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 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.