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.

Publications

 * Joan M. Gero and Margaret W. Conkey (ed.) - Engendering Archaeology: Women and Prehistory. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-16505-3
 * Richard Hodges - Wall-to-Wall History: the Story of Roystone Grange. London: Duckworth ISBN 0-7156-2342-7
 * 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. ISBN 0-521-38337-4.
 * Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn - Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28147-5.

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)