Bones and ochre
Subtitle: the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland
By: Marianne Sommer.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780674024991
Subjects: Buckland, William, -- 1784-1856; Cro-Magnons -- Wales; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Wales; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Wales; Paleoanthropology -- Wales; Paleoanthropology -- Philosophy; Wales -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. William Buckland, an ancient British witch, and the question of human antiquity; title: William Buckland; title: Man among the cannibalistic hyenas?; title: The romance of the witch of Paviland; title: Buckland accused; title: Man as a crocodile superior?; title: The holy order of nature and society; title: Conclusion: The Red Lady is no fossil man; title: pt. 2. William Sollas, a Cro-Magnon man, and issues of human evolution; title: William Sollas; title: Ancient hunters and their modern representatives; title: The Red Lady is a Cro-Magnon man; title: Human evolution as a trunkless tree; title: The "evolutionary" versus the "historical" model; title: The moral authority of nature; title: Conclusion: Turbulent times for an "old lady"; title: pt. 3. An interdisciplinary team, an early Upper Paleolithic shaman, and a definitive report; title: The Paviland project and its results; title: There is magic at work; title: Visualizing Paviland Cave; title: The end of the Red Lady's story : a definitive report?; title: Conclusion: An unfinished life; title: Postscript; title: Appendix A: Archaeological and geological series; title: Appendix B: Schematized views of human evolution.