Digging Up the Ice Age: Recognising, Recording and Understanding Fossil and Archaeological Remains Found in British Quarries

Buteux, Simon/ Chambers, Jenni/ Silva, Barbara

ISBN 10: 1905739249 / ISBN 13: 9781905739240

Published by Archaeopress, 2009

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189 pages. 9.25x6.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Digging Up the Ice Age: Recognising, Recording and Understanding Fossil and Archaeological Remains Found in British Quarries
• Publisher: Archaeopress
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905739249
• ISBN 13: 9781905739240
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.52 kilograms

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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.