| Ref No | LDGSL/14/LARTET |
| Title | Letters from Edouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte LARTET, to Leonard Horner |
| Date | May 1860-Apr 1861 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 14 letters |
| Format | Document |
| Description | 14 letters from Edouard Amand Isidore Hippolyte LARTET, Paris, to Leonard Horner, President of the Geological Society, principally on the bones and arrow heads found in a limestone Cavern at Massat near Tarascon in Languedoc, May 1860-Apr 1861. Includes ink and pencil sketches of the area and inside the cave. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | French |
| Related Material | See also LDGSL/70. |
| Publication Note | An abstract of Lartet's letters 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 |
| Subject | Cave deposits |
| Cave environment |
| Palaeoanthropology |
| Term | Caves |