| Ref No | LDGSL/794/N14a |
| Title | PRESTWICH field notebook: France |
| Date | 1850-1859 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Format | Document |
| Description | Joseph PRESTWICH field notebook: France, 1850-1859. Notably contains manuscript notes and descriptions of the flint implements discovered by Jacques Boucher de Perthes, with sketch sections of the gravel pits around Abbeville and Amiens, which formed the basis of his influential paper on the antiquity of the human race. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Publication Note | See: Prestwich, J. "On the Occurrence of Flint-Implements, Associated with the Remains of Animals of Extinct Species in Beds of a Late Geological Period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne", 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', vol 150 (1860), pp277-317. |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray |
| CreatorName | PRESTWICH | Sir | Joseph | 1812-1896 | geologist |
| Subject | Palaeoanthropology |