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Title
27. Skeleton of the presumed preadamite or troglodyte
Subject
- Paleontological excavations
- prehistoric peoples
Description
A sepia-toned photoprint of a skeleton which, in Hawkins's words as written in pencil below the print, was "found in the cave call Barma of the Cavillon on the Railroad from Mentone". This photograph was taken somewhere on the Mediterranean coast east of Monaco, and the skeleton was identified by Princeton Natural History Museum curator Dr. Donald Baird as being that of the Cro-Magon "Grimaldi Man".
Location Covered
Menton (France)
Original Format
Photographs
Source
ANSP-Coll-0803, Box 1, Folder 1
Identifier
ansp-coll-0803no27_001
Notes
Cataloging and digitizing made possible by The Getty Grant Program.
Relation
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album
Contributing Institution
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
