| Description | Mainly comprised of Field Note books containing Currant's scientific and personal notes about excavations and site visits. There are 5 field notebooks covering excavations and site visits undertaken by Currant between 1975 and 2007. There are also 3 notebooks containing notes taken at scientific conferences attended by Currant and a diary/notebook written on a trip to Argentina. Also included is the 'Index of registered numbers in catalogue of Fossil Mammals, Parts I-V', [dated 1927- this is an index for locating specimen records in the Fossil Mammals catalogue]
Field Note Book, 1975 - 1980: A P Currant's field notebook with scientific and personal notes about excavations and site visits from 1975-1980; includes inserted photographs and diagrams. Excavations/site visits covered include: Highcliffe, Dorset and Barton, Hants (Sep 1975; Mar 1979); Mundesley and West Runton, Norfolk (1976); Bacon Hole, West Glamorgan (1977; 1980) Westbury sub Mendip (Jul 1978; Aug 1979)
Field Note Book 2, 1980-1998: A P Currant's field notebook with scientific and personal notes about excavations and site visits from 1980-1986, with additional notes added in 1991;1997 and 1998. Includes diagrams, inserted maps and photos. Excavations/site visits covered include: Bacon Hole, West Glamorgan (1980-1981); Gower (incl Minchin Hole) (1981;1982); Mendip (1982; 1983; 1984); Isle of Wight (1982; 1983; 1986); Gough's Cave, Cheddar (1984), Boxgrove, West Sussex (1985)
Field Note Book 3, 1986 -2002: A P Currant's field notebook with scientific and personal notes about excavations and site visits from 1991-2000, with additional field notes from 2002. Includes some site photographs.Excavations/site visits covered include: Isle of Wight (Jun 1986; Jun 1987; Mar 1988; May 1988; Oct 1988; Mar 1991; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1999); Waverley Wood Farm Pit (26 Mar 1987); Beacon Cliff, Hordle, Hants (Mar 1987; Mar 1988); Gough's Cave, Cheddar (April 1987; July 1987; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992); East Mersea (24 May 1987); Boxgrove, West Sussex (Jun 1988; Jul 1995); Westbury-sub-Mendip (Jun 1988); Brentwood, Essex (Mar 1989); Gibraltar (1989; June 1991); Tornewton cave, Newton Abbot (Oct 1990); Welland Bank Pit, Lincolnshire (Nov 1990); Portland, Dorset (1991); Brean Down (Mar 1993; May 1993; Dec 1994) Banwell Bone Cave, Banwell, Avon (May 1993; Jul 1996; 1999); Taunton Museum (1995); Q.R.A. Thames Valley Trip (1995); Wye Valley and Pontnewydd Cave (1995; 1996) Aveley, Essex (1996;1998); Sandford Hill, Somerset (1999); Glaston, Rutland (Jun 2000); Bacon Hole, West Glamorgan (2002)
Field note Book 4, 1987-1992; 2002-2007: A P Currant's field notebook with scientific and personal notes about excavations and site visits from 1987-1992 and 2002-2007, includes diagrams, inserted maps and photos. Excavations/Site visits include: Niger Expedition (1987-1988), Torbryan Cave, Devon (1991), Tornewton Cave, Newton Abbot (1992); Weimar trip (May 2002); Whitemoor Hay Quarry, Staffordshire (Oct 2002); Pakefield, Suffolk (Apr 2003); Gower (Jul 2003); Riverfield Fish Farm, Cross-at-Hand, Kent (Aug 2003; Oct 2004); Herne Bay (Mar 2005); Gilley Cave, Ebbor Gorge, Somerset (Jul 2007)
Field Note Book 5: Gibraltar, 1991-1998; 2002: A P Currant's Gibraltar field notebook with scientific and personal notes about excavations and site visits from 1991-1998; 2002. Covering several evacuations that Currant participated in order to research into the Quarternary history and Fauna of Gibraltar
Notebook - 2nd International Mammoth Conference, May 16th 1999-May 20th 1999: Notes taken by A P Currant at the 2nd Internation Mammoth Confernece, Rotterdam, May 1999
International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) Conference 1999 - Diary and notebook, 1999: Diary and notebook written by A P Currant during the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) conference, Durban, 1999. The diary is a personal day to day account of the conference and activities, with a notes section. The notebook contain notes taken by Currant during conference talks
Notebook: Argentina Nov-00 Diary/notebook kept by Currant on a trip to Argentina in Nov 2000. [Organised by Luis Alberto Berrero, the trip does not appear to have been directly related to the Museum] Currant writes that it was a chance for him to 'learn a lot more about the fauna and early human occupation of Fuego Patagonia'
Index of registered numbers in catalogue of Fossil Mammals, Parts I-V, 1927: Compiled by Harold Sealy in 1927 the index is used for locating specimen records in the Fossil Mammals catalogue |