Journey to Australia, Java, India, South Africa, and Europe
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
setName: label: See more items in
content: Aleš Hrdlička papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.83 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1925
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1974-31, Series 14
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Descriptions in quotations marks are Hrdlička's own.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series includes correspondence, notes, measurements, and photographs related to Hrdlička's trip to Australia, southern Asia, and South Africa for the Buffalo (New York) Society of Natural Sciences. Hrdlička first went to India and toured the Siwalik Hills, an important site for fossil remains of early apes. Unfortunately, some of his field notes and measurements were lost. From India, Hrdlička traveled to Ceylon, Java, Australia, South Africa (where he met Raymond Dart, who identified and described the first Australopithecus remains), and back to the United States by way of England.