1991 in archaeology
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The year 1991 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Excavations
- Dmanisi, Georgia.
- November–December - Scar boat burial, Orkney.[1]
Finds
- July - Rock art at Cosquer cave in Cap Morgiou, France.
- September 19 - Ötzi the Iceman.
- September - Fourteen Ancient Egyptian Boats (First Dynasty) identified at Abydos.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 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 is created a life peer as Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, of Hurlet in the District of Renfrew.
Events
Deaths
- January 18 - Clarence Hungerford Webb, American archaeologist (b. 1902)[4]
References
- ↑ "Viking Dig Reports". BBC. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ↑ The Guardian (London) 21 December 1991.
- ↑ Johnson, Dale A. Monks of Mount Izla.
- ↑ "Clarence Hungerford Webb 1902-1991" (PDF). Cambridge.org. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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