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.

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.

Joan M. Gero and Margaret W. Conkey - 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..

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