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Object Number
2004.29.12976
Display Title
Skeleton in cave
Descriptions
Object Description
written on board (verso): "Gift of Thomas Barbour - July 1924 England"; printed on photograph: "Remarkable discovery in / Cheddar Caves. / Mr. H. St. George Gray, the curator of the / Taunton Museum, who was formerly assistant / to the late General Pitt-Rivers, the celebrated / archaeologist, has just examined, at the request / of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural / HIstory Society, a remarkable human skeleton / which has been discovered in Gough's Caves at / Cheddar. The remains are believed by Mr. Gray / to be those of a cave-dweller, who lived between / the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages. The skull / is in many fraagments, and encrusted in loam. / The man had very prominent brows. The fore- / head is of the usual width, but, on the other hand, it is very receding. The lower jaw is powerfully / formed," (continued under remarks)
Department
Photographic
Date
1885-1924
Culture
- ancient European styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
England
Additional Geographic Terms
Gough's Cave, Cheddar
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5725 × 13.0175 cm (3 3/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Thomas Barbour
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