# Dorothy Garrod · Person

> British Palaeolithic archaeologist, later the first woman professor at Cambridge, who sat on the international commission that dug at Glozel in November…

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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.**

[Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel)[1 event][2 sources]

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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## In the mysteries

**Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field**

1 event

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel)

## What Dorothy Garrod did 1

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 [Antonin Morlet](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDMDFK4B9Y/antonin-morlet)

## Worked with 1

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**Antonin Morlet**

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## Places 1

[Glozel (Champ des Morts), Ferrières-sur-Sichon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXPBM5YJ/glozel-champ-des-morts-ferrieres-sur-sichon)

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## Sources 2

[À propos de Glozel: Rapport de la Commission Internationale](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJNXDSP88/a-propos-de-glozel-rapport-de-la-commission-internationale)

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[Recollections of Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK3PS8267/recollections-of-glozel)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Dorothy Garrod [Person FIG0DEDME6C9N4E]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDME6C9N4E
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Person

Born

1892-05-05

Died

1968-12-18

Occupation

commission member, witness

Identity

British prehistorian (1892-1968), member of the 1927 international commission on Glozel.

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