The roots of civilization
by Marshack, Alexander
Published by : McGraw-Hill Book Company (New York) Physical details: 413 p. ISBN:070405352. Year: 1972| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 913.0312 Mar (Browse shelf) | Available | Gift | 38300 |
Part I: Notation: the search -- The search begins -- A bit of bone -- The mesolithic bone: ishango -- Tracking the hunter, on paper -- Notation: the bones -- Part II: Background to the story -- The history of prehistory. an aside -- Part III: Notation and art, the research and the ideas -- Notation: early and late -- Time-factored thought -- Vault of the sky -- The bone of the eagle -- Image of the world: time-factored art -- Time factored death -- Sex and the goddess -- Part IV: The story continued -- The step toward history -- Postscript -- Acknowledgements -- Collections of materials examined -- Bibliography -- Sites and caves on map of ice age europe -- List of illustrations -- Index
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