Bones and Ochre - The Curious Afterlife of the Red Lady of Paviland

Archives and Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 I William Buckland, an Ancient British Witch, and the Question of Human Antiquity 21 1 William Buckland 33 2 Man among the Cannibalistic Hyenas? 46 3 The Romance of the Witch of Paviland 59 4 Buckland Accused 81 5 Man as a Crocodile Superior? 91 6 The Holy Order of Nature and Society 104 Conclusion: The Red Lady Is No Fossil Man 116 II William Sollas, a Cro-Magnon Man, and Issues of Human Evolution 121 7 William Sollas 141 8 Ancient Hunters and Their Modern Representatives 155 9 The Red Lady Is a Cro-Magnon Man 167 10 Human Evolution as a Trunkless Tree 175 11 The "Evolutionary" versus the "Historical" Model 187 12 The Moral Authority of Nature 197 Conclusion: Turbulent Times for an "Old Lady" 213 III An Interdisciplinary Team, an Early Upper Paleolithic Shaman, and a Definitive Report 219 13 The Paviland Project and Its Results 231 14 There Is Magic at Work 240 15 Visualizing Paviland Cave 247 16 The End of the Red Lady's Story: A Definitive Report? 263 Conclusion: An Unfinished Life 279 Postscript 282 Appendix A: Archeological and Geological Series 293 Appendix B: Schematized Views of Human Evolution 296 Notes 299 References 353 Index 391