Our prehistoric past : art and civilization

Author(s)

• Vialou, Denis
• Bahn, Paul G.

Bibliographic Information

Our prehistoric past : art and civilization

Denis Vialou ; [translated by Paul G. Bahn]

（New horizons）

Thames and Hudson, c1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book studies the important cultural developments - weapons for hunting, dwellings, burials, rituals, language music, jewelry - that make the Palaeolithic period one of the richest in the history of humankind. The dazzling paintings at Chauvet Cave and Lascaux are the legacy of a remarkable prehistoric society.

Table of Contents

• "Homo sapien sapiens", modern humans
• "homo sapien sapiens", the conquerors
• cultures of Europe
• the body, centre of the universe
• paoeolithic art, mirror of meaning.

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Details

• NCID: BB00233768
• ISBN:
  • 0500300887
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 159 p.
• Size: 18 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 936
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Paleolithic period -- Europe
  • LCSH : Art, Prehistoric -- Europe
  • LCSH : Europe -- Antiquities
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23479872