# Antonin Morlet · Person > Vichy physician and amateur prehistorian who leased the field in 1925, excavated until 1936, published the finds as a Neolithic station with the world's… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y/antonin-morlet Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [People](https://mysteriesdept.com/people)Antonin Morlet Person · in 1 mystery # Antonin Morlet Vichy physician and amateur prehistorian who leased the field in 1925, excavated until 1936, published the finds as a Neolithic station with the world's oldest alphabet, and compiled the 1965 Corpus des inscriptions. **1882–1965.** [Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel)[4 events][2 sources] Antonin Morlet is physician (1882-1965) who excavated and published Glozel from 1925 and compiled the only corpus of its inscriptions. (1882–1965), and appears in the record of Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field as vichy physician and amateur prehistorian who leased the field in 1925, excavated until 1936, published the finds as a Neolithic station with the world's oldest alphabet, and compiled the 1965 Corpus des inscriptions. Four events on the site involve Morlet, from Antonin Morlet leases the field and starts excavating with Émile Fradin (24 May 1925) to Morlet publishes the Corpus des inscriptions de Glozel (1965). Two questions rest in part on what Morlet did or said, among them “Do the Glozel signs form a writing system that records a language?”, which stands open: 4 answers, none ahead. Written from the site's records. [Improve it](https://mysteriesdept.com/developers) ## In the mysteries **Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field** 4 events [The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel) [Do the Glozel signs form a writing system that records a language?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTPBXAPB0/do-the-glozel-signs-form-a-writing-system-that-records-a)Open: 4 answers, none ahead [Which published alphabets do the Glozel signs resemble, and could a forger of the 1920s have drawn on them?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTR4X4Q7P/which-published-alphabets-do-the-glozel-signs-resemble-and)Open: no answer ahead yet ## What Antonin Morlet did 4 24 May 1925[Antonin Morlet leases the field and starts excavating with Émile Fradin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDQRZJ2Q99/antonin-morlet-leases-the-field-and-starts-excavating-with) at [Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ/glozel-champ-des-morts-ferrieres-sur-sichon) · with [Émile Fradin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5/emile-fradin) 1926[Morlet and Fradin publish the tablet signs as a Neolithic alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDQYTDCK45/morlet-and-fradin-publish-the-tablet-signs-as-a-neolithic) at [Vichy](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKY0NA183/vichy) · with [Émile Fradin](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5/emile-fradin) 5 Nov 1927[Seven prehistorians dig under guard and report the finds are not ancient](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDQZSX7PBQ/seven-prehistorians-dig-under-guard-and-report-the-finds-are) at [Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ/glozel-champ-des-morts-ferrieres-sur-sichon) · with [Dorothy Garrod](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDME6C9N4E/dorothy-garrod) 1965[Morlet publishes the Corpus des inscriptions de Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/events/EVT0DEDRB40SX8J/morlet-publishes-the-corpus-des-inscriptions-de-glozel) ## Worked with 2 [ÉF **Émile Fradin** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMD1T0QJ5/emile-fradin)[DG **Dorothy Garrod** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDME6C9N4E/dorothy-garrod) ## Places 2 [Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ/glozel-champ-des-morts-ferrieres-sur-sichon) find-site PLC [Vichy](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKY0NA183/vichy) city PLC ## Sources 2 [Glozel: Corpus des inscriptions](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK4A3NFH6/glozel-corpus-des-inscriptions) SRC [Nouvelle station néolithique: "L'alphabet de Glozel", deuxième fascicule](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK523KRBS/nouvelle-station-neolithique-lalphabet-de-glozel-deuxieme) SRC ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). Antonin Morlet [Person FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y ``` **AM** No free portrait found yet Wikimedia Commons is checked weekly Key **FIG** 0DEDMDFK4B9Y Record Person Born 1882 Died 1965 Occupation excavator, editor of the corpus, proponent of authenticity Identity Physician (1882-1965) who excavated and published Glozel from 1925 and compiled the only corpus of its inscriptions. Version 1 Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) **How this page is made.** The dates, occupation and identity line come from Wikidata (CC0); the portrait is a free file from Wikimedia Commons. Everything else is the site's own record of what this person did in the mysteries. The record Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history. [JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y)