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100 1 _aDawkins, William Boyd,
_d1838-1929
245 1 0 _aCave Hunting :
_bResearches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of Europe
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2016-06-28
508 _aProduced by Chris Curnow, Sharon Joiner, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"Cave Hunting" by W. Boyd Dawkins is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book explores the findings and implications of cave exploration, focusing on the evidence these caves provide regarding early human inhabitants of Europe. It delves into the historical and archaeological significance of various cave sites across Europe, revealing how these locations serve as valuable windows into humanity's distant past. The opening of the text sets the stage for a comprehensive study of caves as crucial archaeological sites. Dawkins introduces the exploration of cave systems as an emerging field of inquiry and outlines the importance of integrating historical, geological, and biological perspectives to understand the lives of ancient peoples and the wildlife they interacted with. He references significant discoveries made since the early 19th century, such as the human relics found alongside extinct animals, and provides an overview of the book's intent to synthesize and present this information in a coherent narrative, highlighting various cave explorations across Europe that contribute to our understanding of prehistoric life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPrehistoric peoples -- Europe
653 _aAntiquities, Prehistoric -- Europe
653 _aCaves -- Europe
653 _aEurope -- Antiquities
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52424
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