M0011848: Photograph of a human skull-cap, described as the Châtelperron skull, from the French Early Upper Palaeolithic period

Previous title, replaced May 2022: The Chatelperron Skull

Photograph of a human skull-cap, known as the Châtelperron skull, from the French Early Upper Palaeolithic period, as described in Lacaille, A. D. (Armand Donald): Châtelperron : a new survey of its palaeolithic industryOxford : C. Batey, 1947. The M series registersuggests that the skull was acquired in 1934 with collection of flints and bones, but it is unclear as to who acquired it from our records.

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication that references the item depicted in the glass plate negative.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.