MS 7264 Documents concerning preserved Paleolithic human remains found in the vicinity of Cueva-Morin, Spain
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7264
name: label: Creator
content: Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
label: Correspondent
content: Freeman, Leslie G.
label: Names
content: United States. Air Force
topic: label: Topic
content: Paleolithic -- Burial
label: Topic
content: Cueva (Spain) -- Burial
creator: label: Creator
content: Stewart, T. D. (Thomas Dale), 1901-1997
label: Correspondent
content: Freeman, Leslie G.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: In 1969, Joaquin Gonzalez Echegaray, of the Museo de Prehistoria of Santander, and Leslie G. Freeman, of the University of Chicago, carried on excavations at a cave in Cueva. There was found a burial of around 30,000 B.C. which included a clay mold formed by the skeleton and outer part of the person's body together with funerary offerings. Sol Tax, of the University of Chicago and the Smithsonian and the father-in-law of Freeman, offered the cooperation of the Smithsonian in preserving the interment for exhibition. Steps were taken to stabilize it and to allow its shipment to Washington by the United States Air Force. The remain stayed in Washington, part of the time on exhibit, until 1972 when they were returned to Spain.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969-1972
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The documents were brought to the archives by Thomas Dale Stewart on October 26, 1978.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7264
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Letters
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other types of documents. They largely concern the arrangements for shipping the body to and from the Smithsonian. Several are from Leslie G. Freeman.