Digging up the Ice Age

Barbara Silva, Simon Buteux, Jenni Chambers

ISBN 10: 1905739249 / ISBN 13: 9781905739240

Published by Archaeopress, GB, 2009

About this Item

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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Digging up the Ice Age
• Publisher: Archaeopress, GB
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905739249
• ISBN 13: 9781905739240
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 512 grams

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Synopsis

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.