BONES FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST (ex. library copy with slight wear)

BONES FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST 

By I. W. Cornwall

(ex. library copy with slight wear)

A fascinating book describing human and animal bones and what can be learnt from them. The book is useful to identify recent fossil bones such as those from the Ice Age.

The bones of familiar animals are described such as horse, sheep, dog, deer, pig, badger, fox, hedgehog, squirrel, moles and various rodents and shrews. 

The bones of animals now extinct in the UK are also described such as bear, bison, beaver, hyaena, mammoth, elephant, rhinoceros, hippo, reindeer, lion and monkey.

Hard cover (no dust jacket). 255 pages. Numerous fine sketches of bones and teeth throughout. Published by Phoenix House. Revised edition 1956. Good condition inside but with wear to the spine and cover. Ex.library copy with various library stamps.

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