goodnighturpis: 1823 The Discovery of the Past: the origins of archaeology, 1996, Schnapp A above: Section through the Paviland cave, found in 1822. Drawing from Buckland’s Reliquae diluvianae. This very precise drawing shows that the human skeleton (known as the ‘Red Lady’) was found in sediments in which fossil animal bones were numerous. However, Buckland regarded it as an intrusive deposit and rejected it as proof of the existence of a fossil human being. below: Rhinoceros skeleton found in a cave in a mine at Callow. Drawing from Buckland’s Reliquae diluvianae. The excavation methods shown here were quite meticulous for the period.

goodnighturpis:

1823

The Discovery of the Past: the origins of archaeology, 1996, Schnapp A

above:

Section through the Paviland cave, found in 1822. Drawing from Buckland’s Reliquae diluvianae. This very precise drawing shows that the human skeleton (known as the ‘Red Lady’) was found in sediments in which fossil animal bones were numerous. However, Buckland regarded it as an intrusive deposit and rejected it as proof of the existence of a fossil human being.

below:

Rhinoceros skeleton found in a cave in a mine at Callow. Drawing from Buckland’s Reliquae diluvianae. The excavation methods shown here were quite meticulous for the period.

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