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Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags in European context / [edited by] Paul Pettitt, Paul Bahn & Sergio Ripoll.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleolithic period--England--Creswell Crags.
- Paleolithic period.
- Cave paintings--England--Creswell Crags.
- Cave paintings.
- Petroglyphs--England--Creswell Crags.
- Petroglyphs.
- Art, Prehistoric--England--Creswell Crags.
- Art, Prehistoric.
- Cave paintings--Europe.
- Petroglyphs--Europe.
- Creswell Crags (England)--Antiquities.
- Creswell Crags (England).
- Europe--Antiquities.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This comprehensively illustrated book presents the Creswell art itself, the archaeology of the caves and the region, and the context of the Upper Palaeolithic era in Britain, as well as a number of studies of Palaeolithic cave art in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy.
- Contents:
- The historical background to the discovery of cave art at Creswell Crags / Paul G. Bahn
- The palaeolithic rock art of Creswell Crags : prelude to a systematic study / Sergio Ripoll and Francisco J. Munoz
- Verification of the age of the palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags / Alistair W. G. Pike, Mabs Gilmour, and Paul B. Pettitt
- 3D laser scanning at Church Hole, Creswell Crags / Alistair Carty
- Zoological perspectives on the late glacial / D. W. Yalden
- Cave archaeology and palaeontology in the Creswell region / Andrew T. Chamberlain
- The Stone Age archaeology of Church Hole, Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire / R. M. Jacobi
- Cultural context and form of some of the Creswell images : an interpretative model / Paul B. Pettitt
- The engravings of Gouy : France's northernmost decorated cave / Yves Martin
- Palaeolithic art in isolation : the case of Sicily and Sardinia / Margherita Mussi
- The horse in the palaeolithic parietal art of the Quercy : outline of a stylistic study / Michel Lorblanchet
- A topographical approach to parietal figures : the monumental sculptures of the Roc-aux-Sorciers (Vienne, France) produced in daylight at the back of a rockshelter and on its ceiling / Genevieve Pincon
- Dating Magdalenian art in north Spain : the current situation / Cesar Gonzalez Sainz
- Rock art and the Coa Valley archaeological park : a case study in the preservation of Portugal's prehistoric Rupestral heritage / Antonio Martinho Baptista and Antonio Pedro Batarda Fernandes
- Rewriting the history books : the Magdalenian art of Creswell Crags / Claire Fisher and Rob Dinnis.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-191771-0
- 1-281-14568-8
- 9786611145682
- 0-19-153840-X
- OCLC:
- 476243833
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