| Ref No | LDGSL/70 |
| Title | Abstract of paper, 'On some arrow-heads and other instruments found...in a limestone Cavern at Massat near Tarascon in Languedoc' |
| Date | [1860] |
| Level | Series |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Manuscript abstract, 'On some arrow-heads and other instruments found together with horns of the Cervus Megaceros [Elk] in a limestone Cavern at Massat near Tarascon in Languedoc', taken from a series of letters from Edouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte LARTET and translated by Leonard Horner, [1860]. Includes pencil sketches, by Lartet, of eight of the specimens found. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For Lartet's original letters, in French, see: GSL/LDGSL/14/LARTET. |
| Publication Note | Read before the Society, 13 June 1860, and an abstract published as: Lartet, E. "On some Arrow-heads and other Instruments found with Horns of Cervus megaceros in a Cavern in Languedoc", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 16 (1860), pp491-492. |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | LARTET | Edouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte | 1807-1871 | geologist |
| HORNER | Leonard | 1785-1864 | factory inspector, geologist, and educationist |
| Subject | Palaeoanthropology |
| Cave deposits |
| Cave environment |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | France |
| Term | Caves |
| Previous reference | LDGSL 70 |