| Descript |
1 online resource (xv, 292 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The historical background to the discovery of cave art at Creswell Crags / Paul G. Bahn -- The palaeolithic rock art of Creswell Crags : prelude to a systematic study / Sergio Ripoll and Francisco J. Mun⁺ѕoz -- Verification of the age of the palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags / Alistair W.G. Pike, Mabs Gilmour, and Paul B. Pettitt -- 3D laser scanning at Church Hole, Creswell Crags / Alistair Carty -- Zoological perspectives on the late glacial / D.W. Yalden -- Cave archaeology and palaeontology in the Creswell region / Andrew T. Chamberlain -- The Stone Age archaeology of Church Hole, Creswell Crags, Nottinghamshire / R.M. Jacobi -- Cultural context and form of some of the Creswell images : an interpretative model / Paul B. Pettitt -- The engravings of Gouy : France's northernmost decorated cave / Yves Martin -- Palaeolithic art in isolation : the case of Sicily and Sardinia / Margherita Mussi -- The horse in the palaeolithic parietal art of the Quercy : outline of a stylistic study / Michel Lorblanchet -- 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 / Genevie⁺ѓve Pinc⁺ʹon -- Dating Magdalenian art in north Spain : the current situation / Ce⁺ѓsar Gonza⁺ѓlez Sainz -- Rock art and the Co⁺єa Valley archaeological park : a case study in the preservation of Portugal's prehistoric Rupestral heritage / Anto⁺ѓnio Martinho Baptista and Anto⁺ѓnio Pedro Batarda Fernandes -- Rewriting the history books : the Magdalenian art of Creswell Crags / Claire Fisher and Rob Dinnis. |
| Summary |
A comprehensive and fully illustrated study, by an international team of experts, of the first British examples of cave art, discovered at Creswell Crags on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border in 2003. This important discovery is contextualized by comparative, up-to-date studies of European cave art, from Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy. - ;Cave art is a subject of perennial interest among archaeologists. Until recently it was assumed that it was largely restricted to southern France and northern Iberia, although in recent years new discoveries have demonstrated that it originally had a m. |
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English. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Paleolithic period -- England -- Creswell Crags.
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Cave paintings -- England -- Creswell Crags.
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Petroglyphs -- England -- Creswell Crags.
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Art, Prehistoric -- England -- Creswell Crags.
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Cave paintings -- Europe.
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Petroglyphs -- Europe.
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Creswell Crags (England) -- Antiquities.
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Europe -- Antiquities.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. |
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745 |
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Art, Prehistoric. (OCoLC)fst00816761 |
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Cave paintings. (OCoLC)fst00849893 |
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Paleolithic period. (OCoLC)fst01051501 |
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Petroglyphs. (OCoLC)fst01059252 |
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England -- Creswell Crags. (OCoLC)fst01241475 |
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064 |
| Alt Author |
Pettitt, Paul, editor.
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Bahn, Paul G., editor.
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Ripoll, Sergio, editor.
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| ISBN |
019153840X (electronic bk.) |
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9780191538407 (electronic bk.) |
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1281145688 |
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9781281145680 |
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9786611145682 |
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6611145680 |
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0191917710 |
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9780191917714 |
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019929917X (Cloth) |
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9780199299171 (alk. paper) |
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