Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context

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Paul Pettitt (, Lecturer in Human Origins, University of Sheffield) Paul Bahn (, Independent researcher)

Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context

Paul Pettitt (, Lecturer in Human Origins, University of Sheffield), Paul Bahn (, Independent researcher), Sergio Ripoll (, Lecturer in Archaeology at the Spanish Open University (UNED) in Madrid) , Francisco Javier Muñoz Ibáñez (, Spanish Open University (UNED) in Madrid)

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Oxford University Press
01 December 2006

History of art: pre-history; Prehistoric archaeology

Cave art is a subject of perennial interest among archaeologists. Until recently it was assumed that it was largely restricted to southern France and northern Iberia, although in recent years new discoveries have demonstrated that it originally had a much wider distribution. The discovery in 2003 of the UK's first examples of cave art, in two caves at Creswell Crags on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border, was the most surprising illustration of this. The discoverers (the editors of the book) brought together in 2004 a number of Palaeolithic archaeologists and rock art specialists from across the world to study the Creswell art and debate its significance, and its similarities and contrasts with contemporary Late Pleistocene ('Ice Age') art on the Continent. This comprehensively illustrated book presents the Creswell art itself, the archaeology of the caves and the region, and the wider context of the Upper Palaeolithic era in Britain, as well as a number of up-to-date studies of Palaeolithic cave art in Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy which serve to contextualize the British examples.

Edited by: Paul Pettitt ( Lecturer in Human Origins University of Sheffield), Paul Bahn (, Independent researcher), Sergio Ripoll (, Lecturer in Archaeology at the Spanish Open University (UNED) in Madrid), Francisco Javier Muñoz Ibáñez (, Spanish Open University (UNED) in Madrid)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 690g
ISBN: 9780199299171
ISBN 10: 019929917X
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 01 December 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Pettitt is Lecturer in Human Origins, University of Sheffield. Paul Bahn is an independent researcher. Sergio Ripoll is Lecturer in Archaeology at the Spanish Open University (UNED) in Madrid.

Reviews for Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context

In archaeological terms, let alone the cave-relevant subject matter, this was an incredibly important gathering and the book an equally important outcome. Chris Howes, Descent, Vol. 197 Reading this book leaves you marvelling at the astonishing skill of the authors in seeing what generations of visitors to Creswell Crags have missed Chris Catling, Current Archaeology