Archaeological exploration in China
Scope and Contents
Davidson Black, professor of anatomy at the Peking Union Medical College, conducted the first systematic excavations at Choukoutien, China, where the fossil remains of Peking Man had been discovered in 1926. This film illustrates the painstaking excavation activities, such as panning, scraping, digging, and brushing, carried on at Choukoutien under the direction of Black's successor, Franz Weidenreich, director of the Cenozoic Research Laboratory in Peking. Weidenreich compares a Peking Man skull to a modern human skull. There are also views of the fossils collected at the site, including crania and jaws. Jia Lan Po, Weidenreich's assistant, also appears in the film.
Dates
- [between 1935 and 1941]
Creator
- Y.L. Chang Motion Picture Co. (Producer, Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
1 Film Reel (9 minutes) : silent, black and white ; 35 mm.
1 Videocassette (U-Matic (9 minutes)) : silent, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
3/4 in., U-Matic, viewing copy
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 35 mm. negative.
Bibliography
General
Y.L. Chang Motion Picture Co., producer; Paramount, distributor.
Creator
- Y.L. Chang Motion Picture Co. (Producer, Organization)
- Weidenreich, Franz, 1873-1948 (Person)
- Jia, Lanpo (Person)
- Title
- Archaeological exploration in China, [between 1935 and 1941]
- Author
- Iris Lee
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
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