Southwest Museum, Los Angeles
Southwest Museum
In the News~
August 15, 1907 [LAT]: “…There are a number of skulls in the collection, and one of them is that of a giant, as it measures twenty-four and a half inches in circumference. When one considers it, this is abnormally large. The skull of a man who wears a seven and a quarter size hat measures only twenty-three inches—hair, skin, flesh and all. It would require about a column of The Times to enumerate all the articles in this San Clemente collection. The Southwest Society is highly pleased with the addition to its museum. Dr. Palmer will have some cases made to properly display the objects.”
August 4, 1915 [LAT]: “The discovery of prehistoric sculpture of remarkable fineness of modeling, on San Nicolas Island off the coast of Southern California, was announced by Dr. Hector Alliot, curator of the Southwest Museum at Los Angeles… Dr. Alliot said he has been conducting excavation work on the island and that this discovery was the latest and greatest result of his research work there.”
August 9, 1915 [LAT]: “…Discovery of strange remains on the farthest out of the Channel Islands was announced last week by Dr. Hector Alliot, curator of the Southwest Museum… According to Dr. Alliot, San Nicolas Island was the last outpost of the Stone Age…”
August 14, 1915 [LAT]: “To the heavy storms which swept the Channel Islands in June, 1914, science owes the remarkable discoveries now made public by Dr. Alliot. Terrific gales and sweeping seas tore away the flimsy crust which for ages had been gathered above the ancient burial ground at the northern extremity of San Nicolas Island and more than 100 graves were uncovered. On this island, called the loneliest spot between the poles, the expedition from the Southwest Museum spent many weeks. To the head of the expedition, William Henry Golisch, assistant curator of the museum, and Mrs. Golisch, is due chief credit for many of the archaeological discoveries on which are based the present deductions, which threaten some long-established theories of evolution.”
