Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland / Marianne Sommer.
Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland / Marianne Sommer.
Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland / Marianne Sommer.
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, c2007.
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N936.29/3
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English
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xii, 398 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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...
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Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, c2007.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c2007.
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"Marianne Sommer unravels a tale about a set of ancient human bones and their curious afterlife as a scientific object."
"When the ochre-stained bones were unearthed in a Welsh cave in 1823, they inspired unsettling questions regarding their origin. Their discoverer, William Buckland, declared the remains to be Post-Diluvian, possibly those of a tax-man murdered by smugglers. Shortly thereafter he reinterpreted the bones as those of a female fortune-teller in Roman B...
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Bones and ochre : the curious afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland / Marianne Sommer.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N936.29/3
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74VMQDLoJdJd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQDLoJdJd
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9780674024991 (hbk.) :
0674024990 (hbk.) :
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936.29
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991000352479702626
