Theyear 1991 inarchaeology involved some significant events.

• Dmanisi historic site,Georgia.^[1]
• November–December -Scar boat burial,Orkney.^[2]
• 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 novelistAlain-Fournier, 77 years after his death as Lieutenant Henri-Alban Fournier inWorld War I.^[3]

• July -Rock art atCosquer cave inCap Morgiou,France.^[4]
• September 19 -Ötzi the Iceman.^[5]
• September 25 - First fragment ofDmanisi hominins inGeorgia.^[6]
• September - FourteenAncient Egyptian Boats (First Dynasty) identified atAbydos.^[7]
• Cuetlajuchitlán discovered inMexico.^[8]
• Remains of monks atMor Gabriel Monastery in Turkey killed byTimur's troops in 1401 are found in caves underneath the monastery.^[9]
• Cores and samples from a roof inPueblo Bonito are dated to ca. A.D. 1082.

• 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: DuckworthISBN 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 andPaul Bahn -Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. London: Thames and Hudson.ISBN 0-500-28147-5.

• ArchaeologistColin Renfrew has created alife peer asBaron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, of Hurlet in the District ofRenfrew.

• Gulf War: TheBasra Museum is extensively looted.^[10]

• January 18 -Clarence Hungerford Webb, American archaeologist (b.1902)^[11]
• March 31 -A. W. Lawrence, English Classical archaeologist (b.1900)

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