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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.Description: xii, 398 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780674024991 (alk. paper)
  • 0674024990 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN286.3 .S66 2007
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.