Secrets of the Stone Age: A Prehistoric Journey - Hardcover

Rudgley, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712684522 ISBN 13: 9780712684521

Publisher: Century, 2000

Synopsis

The popular view of Stone Age man as a primitive and ignorant forerunner of ourselves is shattered as an eminent scientist reveals the remarkable accomplishments made before the dawn of history. Illustrated with 150 color photos.

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From the Publisher

In "Secrets of the Stone Age," Richard Rudgley offers a lively account of his journey across the continents in search of the lost legacy of prehistoric man. He takes us to Ancient Egypt, where excavations at Abydos have unearthed hieroglyphs belonging to an age before the pharaohs, and to the stone circles and burial chambers in Ireland, which precede Stonehenge by two millennia. We are introduced to the Ice Man, a 5,300-year-old mummy, whose body reveals that acupuncture was practiced in Stone Age Europe, and to the awe-inspiring cave paintings of Ice Age France. And in Indonesia, we examine stone tools that prove pre-Neanderthal man undertook raft voyages across the open sea--700,000 years before the Kon Tiki! An illuminating work as well as a wonderful read. Richard Rudgley has an advanced degree in Ethnography from Oxford; among his books is "The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age."

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The popular view that Stone Age Man was primitive and ignorant is shattered as the author reveals the remarkable accomplishments made before the dawn of history. The journey begins in ancient Egypt, where excavations at Abydos have unearthed hieroglyphs belonging to an age before the pharaohs; to stone circles and burial chambers in Ireland which carbon dating proves pre-date Stonehenge by two millennia; to the world's first town, 9,000-year-old Catal Huyuk in Turkey; to startling new research on the Ice Man, the 5,000-year-old mummy found in an Alpine glacier; to 11,000-year-old writing unearthed on the banks of the Euphrates; to the awe-inspiring cave paintings of Ice Age France; and finally to Indonesia where the discovery of stone tools proves that pre-Neanderthal man undertook sea voyages 700,000 years before the Kon Tiki.

Edition details

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712684522
• ISBN 13: 9780712684521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208