LEADER 03049nam 2200397 450 001 9910500592003321 005 20230222093534.0 035 $a(CKB)5590000000558332 035 $a(NjHacI)995590000000558332 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000558332 100 $a20230222d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMammoths and Neanderthals in the Thames Valley $eExcavations at Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire /$fKatharine Scott, Christine Buckingham 210 1$aOxford :$cArchaeopress Publishing,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (251 pages) $cillustrations (some color), maps (some color) 225 1 $aArchaeopress archaeology 330 $aThis richly illustrated book gives a detailed account of excavations that extended over ten years at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, following the discovery of a mammoth tusk in 1989. More than 1500 vertebrate fossils and a wealth of other biological material were recorded and recovered, along with 36 stone artefacts attributable to Neanderthals. 330 $aToday the Upper Thames Valley is a region of green pastures and well-managed farmland, interspersed with pretty villages and intersected by a meandering river. The discovery in 1989 of a mammoth tusk in river gravels at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, revealed the very different ancient past of this landscape. Here, some 200,000 years ago, mammoths, straight-tusked elephants, lions, and other animals roamed across grasslands with scattered trees, occasionally disturbed by small bands of Neanderthals. The pit where the tusk was discovered, destined to become a waste disposal site, provided a rare opportunity to conduct intensive excavations that extended over a period of 10 years. This work resulted in the recording and recovery of more than 1500 vertebrate fossils and an abundance of other biological material, including insects, molluscs, and plant remains, together with 36 stone artefacts attributable to Neanderthals. The well-preserved plant remains include leaves, nuts, twigs and large oak logs. Vertebrate remains notably include the most comprehensive known assemblage of a distinctive small form of the steppe mammoth, Mammuthus trogontherii, that is characteristic of an interglacial period equated with marine isotope stage 7 (MIS 7). Richly illustrated throughout, Mammoths and Neanderthals in the Thames Valley offers a detailed account of all these finds and will be of interest to Quaternary specialists and students alike. 410 0$aArchaeopress archaeology. 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology) 606 $aMammoths 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 615 0$aMammoths. 676 $a936.22 700 $aScott$b Katharine$01276296 702 $aBuckingham$b Christine 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910500592003321 996 $aMammoths and Neanderthals in the Thames Valley$93007507 997 $aUNINA