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Beyond the Ice: Creswell Crags and its Place in a Wider European Context
Matthew Beresford
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Description for Beyond the Ice: Creswell Crags and its Place in a Wider European Context
Paperback. Since the discovery of Britains first Ice Age cave art in 2003, the site of Creswell Crags has gained international recognition as one of Britains leading Palaeolithic sites. This accessible volume explores the history of research on the site and draws together and interprets the findings, paying particular attention to the cave art. Num Pages: 122 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 5. Weight in Grams: 238.
Since the discovery of Britain’s first Ice Age cave art in 2003, the site of Creswell Crags has gained international recognition as one of Britain’s leading Ice Age sites. For the first time the history of the site is brought together in one accessible volume. Documenting the early fieldwork at the site it uncovers antiquarian discoveries such as the famous horse engraving, excavations in the 1920s that saw our understanding of our early ancestors take shape, discusses the demise of the Neanderthals and the emergence of Modern Man, and looks at how Creswell Crags grew as a heritage attraction of ... Read more
Since the discovery of Britain’s first Ice Age cave art in 2003, the site of Creswell Crags has gained international recognition as one of Britain’s leading Ice Age sites. For the first time the history of the site is brought together in one accessible volume. Documenting the early fieldwork at the site it uncovers antiquarian discoveries such as the famous horse engraving, excavations in the 1920s that saw our understanding of our early ancestors take shape, discusses the demise of the Neanderthals and the emergence of Modern Man, and looks at how Creswell Crags grew as a heritage attraction of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Archaeopress Archaeology
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
238g
Number of Pages
122
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905739509
SKU
V9781905739509
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