Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags in European context
By: [edited by] Paul Pettitt, Paul Bahn & Sergio Ripoll.
Contributors: Pettitt, Paul.; Bahn, Paul G.; Ripoll, Sergio.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780199299171
Subjects: Paleolithic period -- England -- Creswell Crags; Cave paintings -- England -- Creswell Crags; Petroglyphs -- England -- Creswell Crags; Art, Prehistoric -- England -- Creswell Crags; Cave paintings -- Europe; Petroglyphs -- Europe; Creswell Crags (England) -- Antiquities; Europe -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical background to the discovery of cave art at Creswell Crags / Paul G. Bahn; title: The palaeolithic rock art of Creswell Crags : prelude to a systematic study / Sergio Ripoll and Francisco J. Mun̄oz; title: Verification of the age of the palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags / Alistair W. G. Pike, Mabs Gilmour, and Paul B. Pettitt; title: 3D laser scanning at Church Hole, Creswell Crags / Alistair Carty; title: Zoological perspectives on the late glacial / D. W. Yalden; title: Cave archaeology and palaeontology in the Creswell region / Andrew T. Chamberlain; title: The Stone Age archaeology of Church Hole, Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire / R. M. Jacobi; title: Cultural context and form of some of the Creswell images : an interpretative model / Paul B. Pettitt; title: The engravings of Gouy : France's northernmost decorated cave / Yves Martin; title: Palaeolithic art in isolation : the case of Sicily and Sardinia / Margherita Mussi; title: The horse in the palaeolithic parietal art of the Quercy : outline of a stylistic study / Michel Lorblanchet; title: 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 / Geneviéve Pinçon; title: Dating Magdalenian art in north Spain : the current situation / César González Sainz; title: Rock art and the Côa Valley archaeological park : a case study in the preservation of Portugal's prehistoric Rupestral heritage / António Martinho Baptista and António Pedro Batarda Fernandes; title: Rewriting the history books : the Magdalenian art of Creswell Crags / Claire Fisher and Rob Dinnis.