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Neanderthals in Wales : Pontnewydd and the Elwy Valley caves /

The final publication of results of the excavations at Pontnewydd cave in north-east Wales has been eagerly awaited. The site was investigated as part of the Palaeolithic Settlement of Wales Research Programme, which has been responsible for transforming understanding of the nature of human settleme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Aldhouse-Green, Stephen, Peterson, Rick, Walker, Elizabeth A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An introduction to human evolution, and the place of the Pontnewydd Cave human fossils / Chris Stringer
  • The history of the caves / Elizabeth A. Walker and Tristan Gray Hulse
  • The geomorphology of the country around Pontnewydd Cave / David Q. Bowen and Helen J. Livingston
  • The geology of Pontnewydd Cave / William B. Jones
  • The sedimentary sequence / Richard Mourne [and others]
  • The excavations at Pontnewydd Cave / Stephen Aldhouse-Green and Rick Peterson
  • The excavations at Cefn and Cae Gronw / Stephen Aldhouse-Green and Rick Peterson
  • The fauna / Andrew P. Currant and Anne Eastham with notes by Kate Scott and Bryony Coles
  • The human remains / Tim Compton and Chris Stringer
  • Pontnewydd Cave : the characterization, petrology, taphonomy and interpretation of the archaeological finds / Stephen Aldhouse-Green [and others]
  • Dating / Nicholas C. Debenham [and others]
  • Stable isotope analysis of animal bone from Pontnewydd Cave / Mandy Jay, Vaughan Grimes and Michael P. Richards
  • The Pontnewydd people, their cave and their world / Stephen Aldhouse-Green
  • Epilogue : The glass island / Stephen Aldhouse-Green and Elizabeth A. Walker.