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Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland
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Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland

Author: Marianne Sommer
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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When the ochre-stained bones were unearthed in a Welsh cave in 1823, they inspired unsettling questions regarding their origin. Their discoverer interpreted the bones as those of a female  Read more...

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Named Person: William Buckland; William Buckland
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Marianne Sommer
ISBN: 9780674024991 0674024990
OCLC Number: 605035557
Description: 398 p : ill.
Contents: Introduction Part One: William Buckland (1784-1856), an Ancient British Witch, and the Question of Human Antiquity 1. William Buckland (1784-1856) 2. Man among the Cannibalistic Hyena? 3. The Romance of the Witch of Paviland 4. Buckland Accused 5. Man as a Crocodile Superior? 6. The Holy Order of Nature and Society Conclusion: The Red Lady Is No Fossil Man Part Two: William Sollas (1849-1936), a Cro-Magnon Man, and Issues of Human Evolution 7. William Sollas (1849-1936) 8. Ancient Hunters and Their Modern Representatives 9. The Red Lady Is a Cro-Magnon Man 10. Human Evolution as Trunkless Tree 11. The "Evolutionary" Versus the "Historical" Model 12. The Moral Authority of Nature Conclusion: Turbulent Times for an "Old Lady" Part Three: An Interdisciplinary Team, an Early Upper Paleolithic Shaman, and a Definitive Report 13. The Paviland Project and Its Results 14. There is Magic at Work 15. Visualizing Paviland Cave 16. 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 Notes References Index
Responsibility: Marianne Sommer.

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