Scaife Rob (4 results)

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253)-and indexes. Contents: List of Contributors (starting p. 5) -- Acknowledgements (starting p. 7) -- Preface (starting p. 8) -- 1. Discoveries and Excavations at Lindow Moss 1983-8 (starting p. 10) / R.C. Turner -- 2. The Stratigraphy and Pollen Analysis of Peat Sequences Associated with the Lindow III Bog Body (starting p. 19) / R.G. Scaife, N.P. Branch -- 3. The Insect Assemblages Associated with Lindow III and their Environmental Implications (starting p. 31) / M.H. Dinnin, P. Skidmore -- 4. Radiocarbon Dating of the Lindow III Bog Body (starting p. 39) / A.J. Walker, R.L. Otlet, R.A. Housley, R.E.M. Hedges -- 5. Two Views on Peat Stratigraphy and the Age of the Lindow Bodies -- A: Peat Stratigraphy and the Age of the Lindow Bodies (starting p. 47) / P.C. Buckland -- B: Peat Stratigraphy and the Lindow Bog Body: a Reconsideration of the Evidence (starting p. 50) / K.E. Barber -- 6. The Human Remains from Lindow Moss 1987-8 (starting p. 52) / D. Brothwell, J.B. Bourke -- Addendum: Extracting DNA from Lindow Man's Gut Contents. Modern Technology Looking for Answers from Ancient Tissues (starting p. 59) / E.J. Fricker, M. Spigelman, C.R. Fricker -- 7. Mobilisation of Elements from the Bog Bodies Lindow II and III, and Some Observations on Body Painting (starting p. 62) / D.M. Storey, J.R. Magilton, D. Lacy, E.H. Beaumont, F.B. Pyatt, P.C. Buckland -- Addendum: Copper in the Skin of Lindow Man (starting p. 74) / P.T. Craddock, M.R. Cowell -- 8. The Last Meals of the Lindow Bog Men (starting p. 76) / T.G. Holden -- 9. Pollen Analysis of the Lindow III Food Residue (starting p. 83) / R.G. Scaife -- 10. Chemical and Microbiological Aspects of the Preservation Process in Sphagnum Peat (starting p. 88) / T.J. Painter -- 11. Recent Research on the Lindow Bodies in the Context of Five Years of World Studies (starting p. 100) / D. Brothwell -- 12. Worsley Man, England (starting p. 104) / A.N. Garland -- 13. Recent Research into British Bog Bodies (starting p. 108) / R.C. Turner -- 14. A Bog Body from Meenybraddan Bog, County Donegal, Ireland (starting p. 123) / M. Delaney, R.O. Floinn -- 15. Irish Bog Bodies: the Radiocarbon Dates (starting p. 133) / A.L. Brindley, J.N. Lanting -- 16. Recent Research into Irish Bog Bodies (starting p. 137) / R.O. Floinn -- 17. Bog Bodies on the Continent: the Developments since 1965, with Special Reference to the Netherlands (starting p. 146) / W.A.B. van der Sanden -- 18. Did They Fall or Were They Pushed? Some Unresolved Questions about Bog Bodies (starting p. 168) / C.S. Briggs -- 19. Lindow Man: the Celtic Tradition and Beyond (starting p. 183) / J.R. Magilton -- 20. The Lindow Man Phenomenon: Ancient and Modern (starting p. 188) / R.C. Turner -- Bibliography (starting p. 235) -- Index to Chapters (starting p. 254). Subjects: Bog bodies Great Britain; Bog bodies Ireland; Bog bodies Europe; Antiquities; Bog bodies England Lindow Moss; Bog bodies Europe, Western; Lindow Man; Excavations (Archaeology); Man, Prehistoric; Human remains (Archaeology); Fossil hominids Europe; Iron age Europe; Antiquities; Mummies; Paleoecology Europe; Forensic anthropology; Peat Bogs. 3 Kg.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-253)-and indexes. Contents: List of Contributors (starting p. 5) -- Acknowledgements (starting p. 7) -- Preface (starting p. 8) -- 1. Discoveries and Excavations at Lindow Moss 1983-8 (starting p. 10) / R.C. Turner -- 2. The Stratigraphy and Pollen Analysis of Peat Sequences Associated with the Lindow III Bog Body (starting p. 19) / R.G. Scaife, N.P. Branch -- 3. The Insect Assemblages Associated with Lindow III and their Environmental Implications (starting p. 31) / M.H. Dinnin, P. Skidmore -- 4. Radiocarbon Dating of the Lindow III Bog Body (starting p. 39) / A.J. Walker, R.L. Otlet, R.A. Housley, R.E.M. Hedges -- 5. Two Views on Peat Stratigraphy and the Age of the Lindow Bodies -- A: Peat Stratigraphy and the Age of the Lindow Bodies (starting p. 47) / P.C. Buckland -- B: Peat Stratigraphy and the Lindow Bog Body: a Reconsideration of the Evidence (starting p. 50) / K.E. Barber -- 6. The Human Remains from Lindow Moss 1987-8 (starting p. 52) / D. Brothwell, J.B. Bourke -- Addendum: Extracting DNA from Lindow Man's Gut Contents. Modern Technology Looking for Answers from Ancient Tissues (starting p. 59) / E.J. Fricker, M. Spigelman, C.R. Fricker -- 7. Mobilisation of Elements from the Bog Bodies Lindow II and III, and Some Observations on Body Painting (starting p. 62) / D.M. Storey, J.R. Magilton, D. Lacy, E.H. Beaumont, F.B. Pyatt, P.C. Buckland -- Addendum: Copper in the Skin of Lindow Man (starting p. 74) / P.T. Craddock, M.R. Cowell -- 8. The Last Meals of the Lindow Bog Men (starting p. 76) / T.G. Holden -- 9. Pollen Analysis of the Lindow III Food Residue (starting p. 83) / R.G. Scaife -- 10. Chemical and Microbiological Aspects of the Preservation Process in Sphagnum Peat (starting p. 88) / T.J. Painter -- 11. Recent Research on the Lindow Bodies in the Context of Five Years of World Studies (starting p. 100) / D. Brothwell -- 12. Worsley Man, England (starting p. 104) / A.N. Garland -- 13. Recent Research into British Bog Bodies (starting p. 108) / R.C. Turner -- 14. A Bog Body from Meenybraddan Bog, County Donegal, Ireland (starting p. 123) / M. Delaney, R.O. Floinn -- 15. Irish Bog Bodies: the Radiocarbon Dates (starting p. 133) / A.L. Brindley, J.N. Lanting -- 16. Recent Research into Irish Bog Bodies (starting p. 137) / R.O. Floinn -- 17. Bog Bodies on the Continent: the Developments since 1965, with Special Reference to the Netherlands (starting p. 146) / W.A.B. van der Sanden -- 18. Did They Fall or Were They Pushed? Some Unresolved Questions about Bog Bodies (starting p. 168) / C.S. Briggs -- 19. Lindow Man: the Celtic Tradition and Beyond (starting p. 183) / J.R. Magilton -- 20. The Lindow Man Phenomenon: Ancient and Modern (starting p. 188) / R.C. Turner -- Bibliography (starting p. 235) -- Index to Chapters (starting p. 254). Subjects: Bog bodies Great Britain; Bog bodies Ireland; Bog bodies Europe; Antiquities; Bog bodies England Lindow Moss; Bog bodies Europe, Western; Lindow Man; Excavations (Archaeology); Man, Prehistoric; Human remains (Archaeology); Fossil hominids Europe; Iron age Europe; Antiquities; Mummies; Paleoecology Europe; Forensic anthropology; Peat Bogs. 1 Kg.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.