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Author:
Sommer, Marianne, 1971-
Title:
Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland / Marianne Sommer.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
xii, 398 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Cro-Magnons--Wales.
Antiquities, Prehistoric--Wales.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Wales
Paleoanthropology--Wales.
Paleoanthropology--Philosophy.
Wales--Antiquities
Buckland, William,--1784-1856.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
pt. 1. William Buckland, an ancient British witch, and the question of human antiquity -- William Buckland -- Man among the cannibalistic hyenas? -- The romance of the witch of Paviland -- Buckland accused -- Man as a crocodile superior? -- The holy order of nature and society -- Conclusion: The Red Lady is no fossil man -- pt. 2. William Sollas, a Cro-Magnon man, and issues of human evolution -- William Sollas -- Ancient hunters and their modern representatives -- The Red Lady is a Cro-Magnon man -- Human evolution as a trunkless tree -- The "evolutionary" versus the "historical" model -- The moral authority of nature -- Conclusion: Turbulent times for an "old lady" -- pt. 3. An interdisciplinary team, an early Upper Paleolithic shaman, and a definitive report -- The Paviland project and its results -- There is magic at work -- Visualizing Paviland Cave -- The end of the Red Lady's story : a definitive report? -- Conclusion: An unfinished life -- Postscript -- Appendix A: Archaeological and geological series -- Appendix B: Schematized views of human evolution.
ISBN:
0674024990 (alk. paper)
9780674024991 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)138340175
LCCN:
2007021357
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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