Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland / Marianne Sommer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sommer, Marianne, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cro-Magnons--Wales.

Cro-Magnons.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Wales.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Wales.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Paleoanthropology.

Philosophy.

Wales.

Paleoanthropology--Wales.

Paleoanthropology--Philosophy.

Wales--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Buckland, William, 1784-1856.

Buckland, William.

Physical Description:

xii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Bones & ochre

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674024991

0674024990

OCLC:

138340175