| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
The adventure of Niaux -- The greatest mystery -- The Neanderthal enigma -- The roots of language -- Abbé Breuil -- Font-de-Gaume and Combarelles -- The tale of a missing dog -- The sign of the bull and the legend of the minotaur -- Rouffignac and Pech Merle -- The discovery of Lascaux -- The enigma of the pit -- The groundbreaking work of Annette Laming-Emperaire -- Prehistoric objets d'art -- The sign of the hand -- The legend of the white lady -- Shamans of the tundra -- Stonehenge and signs in the sky -- The Mediterranean, Australia, and Patagonia -- Leroi-Gourhan's theory -- The relationship between signs and animals -- The Chauvet cave |
| Summary |
Popular science writer Aczel examines French (and some Spanish) cave drawings and the theories scientists have put forward to explain them, including religious iconography, hunting trophies, and a leap in human brain development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Paleolithic period.
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Magdalenian culture.
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Cave paintings.
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Painting, Prehistoric.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric.
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Magdalenian.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric
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Cave paintings
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Magdalenian culture
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Painting, Prehistoric
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Paleolithic period
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Niaux Cave (France)
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Lascaux Cave (France)
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Chauvet Cave (France)
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France -- Chauvet Cave
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France -- Lascaux Cave
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France -- Niaux Cave
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009006816 |
| ISBN |
9780470638132 |
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0470638133 |
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9780470638118 |
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0470638117 |
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9780470638156 |
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047063815X |
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1282548069 |
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9781282548060 |
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