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E-book: William Boyd Dawkins & the Victorian Science of Cave Hunting: Three Men in a Cavern

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  • Pub. Date: 30-Nov-2016
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781473886148
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  • Format: EPUB+DRM
  • Pub. Date: 30-Nov-2016
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781473886148
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William Boyd Dawkins was a controversial Victorian geologist, palaeontologist and archaeologist who has divided opinion as either a hero or villain. For some, he was a pioneer of Darwinian science as a member of the Lubbock-Evans network, while for others he was little more than a reckless vandal who destroyed irreplaceable evidence and left precious little for future generations to assess.

In this volume, Professor Mark White provides an unbiased archaeological and geological account of Boyd Dawkins’ career and legacy by drawing on almost twenty years of research as well as his archive of published and unpublished work which places him at the centre of Victorian Darwinian science and society. White examines his work in both the field and study to provide a critical yet balanced account of his achievements and standing in relation to the field today as well as among his peers.

At the heart of this book is a detailed study of the circumstances surrounding the Victorian excavations at Creswell Crags, where two celebrated finds became a cause celebre
Acknowledgements vi
Preface viii
Chapter One Cave Hunting
Protagonist
1(1)
Caverns Measureless to Man
1(1)
Breaking the Time Barrier
2(2)
Cave Hunters
4(1)
A Note about Taxonomy
5(1)
A Note about Measurements
5(1)
A Note about the spelling of Cres(s)well
5(1)
Chapter Two William Boyd Dawkins
Early Life
6(4)
Cave Hunting at Hyaena Den, Wookey Hole Ravine
10(3)
Bereavement and Change
13(2)
Working out the Hyaena Den
15(5)
The Geological Survey Years, 1862-1869
20(2)
The Belvedere Set
22(3)
Extracurricular Activities
25(9)
Versus Searles Valentine Wood Jr
34(4)
Chapter Three Manchester, England
The Origins of the Manchester Museum
38(1)
A Plum Job
39(1)
From Curator to Professor
40(2)
Manchester's Man of Science
42(5)
The Oxford and Cambridge Club
47(4)
The Caverns of Wales
51(4)
To the Caverns of Northern England
55(14)
Cave Hunting
69(8)
Carving up the Ice Age
77(6)
Glacial Wrangling Part 1: Seasonal Migrations
83(8)
Glacial Wrangling Part 2: Victoria Cave
91(47)
Around the World in
138
Days
97(5)
Chapter Four Creswell Crags, 1875 The Hamlet of Creswell and its Gorge
102(22)
The First Explorers: Mello and Heath
103(3)
The First Explorations: April-June 1875
106(4)
Working in Harmony: July 1875
110(8)
The First Chords of Dissonance: April 1876
118(4)
Soothing Words
122(2)
Chapter Five Under the Auspices of the Creswell Committee, 1876 The Exploration Committee
124(28)
Robin Hood Cave 1876
127(5)
A Game of Cat and Horse
132(3)
Church Hole 1876
135(8)
Heath Departs
143(3)
Mother Grundy's Parlour 1878
146(3)
The British Association Goes to Creswell, August 1879
149(3)
Chapter Six The Suspicions of Mr Heath
An Abstract Description
152(3)
Now War is Declared
155(4)
And Battle Come Down
159(2)
A Letter to Nature
161(1)
Prejudice and Pride
162(1)
Another Letter to the Manchester City News
163(3)
A Scene at the Manchester Geological Society
166(4)
Chapter Seven Creswell Crags versus William Boyd Dawkins
An Audience with Thomas Heath
170(4)
A Controversy among the Cave Hunters
174(6)
An Air of Corruption
180(5)
Thomas Heath (1847-1886) and John Magens Mello (1836-1914)
185(3)
Chapter Eight Early Man in Britain
The Promised Satisfied
188(5)
Boston, Massachusetts
193(2)
Glacial Wrangling Part 3
195(6)
Chapter Nine Industrial Disputes
Ella Selina
201(3)
Of Tunnels and Waterways, Coal and Canals
204(5)
Principled Politics
209(2)
A Crisis at Waterhouse's Museum
211(2)
Eoliths and Other Archaeological Fancies
213(6)
The End of the Hunt
219(4)
Prelude to Piltdown
223(9)
Death of an Eminent Scientist
232(5)
Chapter Ten Three Men in a Cavern: A Cold Case Revisited
Sollas Puts His Foot In It
237(4)
A Stir in the Derbyshire Countryside
241(2)
Science in the Humanities
243(2)
The Silence of Richard Tiddeman
245(1)
Professor Dawkins' Notebook
246(2)
Three Men in a Cavern
248(5)
Notes 253(24)
Bibliography 277(19)
Index 296
Mark White is Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology at the University of Durham and was previously a research fellow at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Mark specialises in the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic of Britain and in the History of Archaeology. He has published numerous articles and books as well as acting as a consultant to most counties in England, English Heritage and Natural England.
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