Bones and Ochre: The Curious Afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland

by Marianne Sommer

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Marianne Sommer unravels a riveting 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 taxman murdered by smugglers. Shortly thereafter he reinterpreted the bones as those of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674024990

ISBN13:9780674024991

Release Date:February 2008

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:1.58 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences

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