Dinosaur – The Avebury Papers

*Content warning: drawings of a human skull at the end of the post*

Whilst organising the stables archive there have been some interesting discoveries, here are some of them:

mounted print of styracosaurus — *AKM accession no. 20004856_002*

mounted print of iguanodon — *AKM accession no. 20004856_002*

These mounted pictures of dinosaurs were used as a museum display piece! From left to right we have a styracosaurus, an iguanodon, and a ceratosaurus.

*Plan drawing of a road accident from 1940, AKM accession number: 20004634.*

During World War 2 Alexander Keiller worked for the local police force. This meant he had to write reports for any incidents that occurred in the area. Here we have one of his plans for a report.

Plan of second floor of 3&4 Charles Street — *AKM accession no. 20004531_002.*

Plan of third floor of 3&4 Charles Street — *AKM accession no. 20004531_002.*

At Stables, we also have Alexander Keiller’s floor plans for his London residence at Charles Street. It is interesting to see how the house was laid out during his time there.

HUMAN REMAINS DRAWINGS AHEAD

Below you can see a select few of Doris Chapman’s pencil drawings of some of the skulls from Alexander Keiller’s 1936 excavation at Lanhill. While not strictly an ‘Avebury paper’, they fall within the wider project’s remit to celebrate all the people who excavated Avebury, and allow more people to access Doris Chapman’s work and realise her contributions to archaeology.