Letters from Dupont, Édouard François to Charles Lyell, 20 January 1865-30 October 1872
File — Box: Box 1.4
Identifier: Coll-203/1/70
Scope and Contents
Letters are summarised as:
1) Belgian caverns [SE of Dinant, Palaeolithic human remains]
2) Discovery of human remains in cavern [list of animal species also found in cave]
3) Cavern near Dinant, Palaeolithic man [butchery marks on animal bones potentially from humans, disarticulated bone assemblage including cave lion, cave hyena, bear, rhinoceros and horse]
4) Shells of the Lesse caverns [stone age flints from Vertus a commune of Marne, Belgium and polished stone artefacts from Spiennes, suggests ancient trade or migration route].
Dates
- Creation: 20 January 1865-30 October 1872
Creator
- Dupont, 1841-1911 (Belgian geologist) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Language of Materials
French
Full Extent
1 folder
Subject
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk