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Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland
- Title
- Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland / Marianne Sommer.
- Author
- Sommer, Marianne, 1971-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
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- Description
- xii, 398 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-4743
- ISBN
- 9780674024991 (alk. paper)
- 0674024990 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007021357
- OCLC
- 138340175
- Author
- Sommer, Marianne, 1971-
- Title
- Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland / Marianne Sommer.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-4743