IDNO

F.126638.PAT

Description

On listing inside reel: Films from Peabody Museum, U.S.A.
Second Reel.
Over the Karakoram passes over 18,000 feet to the forbidden frontier.
Lake Panggong.
and a biologist enjoying his work on it.
On the edge of the world's highest plateau.
We ford the Indus River and return to the Himalyas.
Farewell to beautiful Ladakh.
Kashmir pleasure gardens of ancient Indian emperors.
'The burning of the giants' an ancient Hindu festival." [typed text]

Place

S Asia; Pakistan; West Punjab; Karakoram Pass [British India]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Archaeological Survey of India

Collector / Expedition

Yale-Cambridge India Expedition of 1935; Peabody Museum

Date

1935

Collection Name

Paterson Collection

Source

?Paterson, Thomas Thomson

Format

Cine Film

Primary Documentation

Other Information

F.126637.PAT - F.126639.PAT were found unaccessioned in the Photo Store, Shelf Q.1.

Expedition / Collector: The Yale-Cambridge India Expedition of 1935 was sponsored by the Peabody Museum and led by Dr Helmut de Terra together with Pere P. Teilhard de Chardin, a noted French palreontologist, and Dr T. T. Paterson to investigate the glacial cycles in Kashmir and the associated human remains in the periglacial area known as Potwar in the West Punjab, which after the partition of the country was within the borders of Pakistan. [JD 5/10/2014]

Bibliographical Reference: De Terra, H. and T.T.
Paterson, Studies on the Ice Age in India and associated human cultures.
(Washington, D.C., 1939.) [JD 5/10/2014]

MAA Exhibition: Extracts of films F.126637.PAT - F.126639.PAT are included in the World Archaeology exhibitions in the Andrews Gallery, with the following caption:
"The Yale-Cambridge expedition produced an early ‘cine film’ of archaeological excavations and surveys within South Asia. Sponsored by the Peabody Museum, the film allows a glimpse of the restoration projects of the Archaeological Survey of India.
16 mm, 3 reels, MAA, 1935." [JD 5/10/2014]