
Digging up the Ice Age
Recognising, recording and understanding fossil and archaeological remains found in British quarries. A Guide and Practical Handbook
Archaeopress Archaeology
Published on 15. October 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
195 pages
978-1-905739-24-0 (ISBN)
Description
For over a hundred years, sand and gravel quarrying has been of enormous benefit to geology, palaeontology and archaeology - quarries have been the main source of Ice Age fossils and finds. It is because of deep excavations into Ice Age sediments that the geological sequences, the fossil remains of plants and animals, and the stone tools of Britain's earliest human inhabitants have come to light. This handbook, packed with practical information and guidance is written for all charged with caring for the natural and historic environment, geologists and archaeologists and anybody with an interest in our past and future, and not least those working in the quarry industry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Archaeopress
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
B5: Tankobon
Illustrations
illustrated throughout in colour
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
512 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905739-24-0 (9781905739240)
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