The Shanidar Neanderthals

Pp. xxiv, (1), 502; 82 text-figures (black-and-white photos, maps, stratigraphic sections), 100 tables.  Publisher’s original gray cloth, lettered in brown on the spine and front cover, pictorial brown dust jacket, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, sm 4to.  This is a detailed examination of the human paleontological data provided by the fossils from the Mousterian levels of Shanidar Cave in Iraq.  The Shanidar Neandertals, which consist of partial skeletons of seven adults and two infants, constitute the largest sample of Neandertal skeletons from a single site.  The author thoroughly analyzes all aspects of Neandertal morphology and offers behavioral interpretations of Neandertal anatomy (from the jacket flap).  Small signature of former owner in the top corner of the first endpaper, no signs of use.