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1911.55.4

Cast of stone tool, painted dark brown. [MJD 05/12/2014]

1911.55.4

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cast of stone tool, painted dark brown. [MJD 05/12/2014]
Geographical reference
Jersey
Europe > Northern Europe > Jersey
St Brelade La Cotte de St Brelade
Cultural groups
European
Person
Field collector Joseph Sinel
PRM source Joseph Sinel
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1911
Date collected
By 1911
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1911
Materials and processes
Material Plaster, Material Pigment, Process Cast, Process Painted
Dimensions
Width: max 54 mm, Thick: max 20 mm, Length: max 97 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1911.55.4
Research and responses

At http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/calendar2002/august.html there is a photograph with the following caption [edited by me] 'Excavation, la Cotte de St Brelade, 25 August 1910 Reproduced from a gelatin-silver print, by Emile Guiton. This cave is situated on La Cotte Point which divides Le Ouaisné bay and an inlet in the coastline near Le Fret Point. The image records the discovery of thirteen teeth of Neanderthal Man – "Homo Breladensis" - witnessed by Dr P. Chappuis, Joseph Sinel, Dr A. Dunlop, E. T. Nicolle, A.H. Barreau, E.F. Guiton, Mr Daghorn and an unnamed labourer.' [AP 6/3/2003]

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