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Dorothy Garrod

British Palaeolithic archaeologist, later the first woman professor at Cambridge, who sat on the international commission that dug at Glozel in November 1927 and whose 1968 recollections describe the dig and the accusation of planting made against her. 1892–1968.

Dorothy Garrod is british prehistorian (1892-1968), member of the 1927 international commission on Glozel. (1892–1968), and appears in the record of Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field as british Palaeolithic archaeologist, later the first woman professor at Cambridge, who sat on the international commission that dug at Glozel in November 1927 and whose 1968 recollections describe the dig and the accusation of planting made against her.

One event on the site involves Garrod: Seven prehistorians dig under guard and report the finds are not ancient (5 Nov 1927).

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Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field
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