Neanderthals among mammoths : excavations at Lynford Quarry, Norfolk / edited by William A. Boismier, Clive Gamble and Fiona Coward ; with contributions from Julian Andrews [and others]

Boismier, William A

2012, 1st edition. Swindon : English Heritage. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #425750
ISBN: 1848020635

Physical description; xx, 529 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 506-524) and index. Contents; 1.The Lynford Middle Palaeolithic site -- 1.1.Background and excavation methods by W A Boismier -- 1.2.Faunal conservation by S O'Connor and N Larkin -- 1.3.Archive deposition -- 2.Stratigraphy, Association B and dating -- 2.1.Pleistocene stratigraphy and sedimentology by S G Lewis -- 2.2.Association B -- 2.2.1.Description and stratigraphic succession by W A Boismier -- 2.2.2.Micromorphology by C French -- 2.2.3.Diagenetics by J Andrews -- 2.2.4.Deposit compaction by N K Tovey -- 2.3.Dating the deposits and the archaeology -- 2.3.1.Optically stimulated luminescence by J-L Schwenninger and E Rhodes -- 2.3.2.Radiocarbon dating by WA Boismier and A J Stuart -- 2.3.3.Amino-acid racemisation by K Penkman and M Collins -- 2.3.4.Discussion by W A Boismier and F M L Green -- 3.Environmental evidence -- 3.1.The insect remains by G Russell Coope -- 3.2.The molluscan assemblages by D Keen -- 3.3.The pollen assemblages by F M L Green -- 3.4.Plant macrofossils by M H Field -- 3.5.Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the vertebrate assemblage by A J Stuart -- 4.Deposit and assemblage formation by W A Boismier -- 4.1.Sedimentary deposits -- 4.2.Size sorting and mixing -- 4.3.Spatial patterning -- 4.4.Conclusions -- 5.The archaeological assemblages of animals and lithics -- 5.1.The vertebrate assemblage by D C Schreve with contributions by D R Brothwell and A J Stuart -- 5.2.Quantitative analysis of mammoth remains by A M Lister -- 5.3.The herpetofaunal remains by C Gleed-Owen -- 5.4.Stable isotope analysis (C, N, O) of faunal samples by M P Richards, V H Grimes and S M Blockley -- 5.5.The lithic assemblage by M J White -- 5.6.Microwear analysis of the flint artefacts: tool use by R E Donahue and A A Evans -- 5.7.The sandstone block by F d'Errico, J Andrews and L Dubreuil -- 6.The Lynford Neanderthals by C Gamble and W A Boismier. Subjects; Neanderthals England Norfolk. Mammoths England Norfolk. Excavations (Archaeology) England Norfolk.

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