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- catalog abstract "In this book, Rudgley describes how the intrepid explorers of the Stone Age discovered all of the world's major land masses long before the so-called Age of Discovery. Stone Age man made precisely sized tools, and used proto-abacuses to count and measure. He performed medical operations including amputations and delicate cranial surgeries. Neanderthals not only domesticated fire for heat and light, but experimented with lichen and moss fuels. In the visual arts, the Paleolithic cave artists of western Europe used techniques forgotten until the Renaissance. Picasso himself is said to have remarked after visiting Lascaux, "We have invented nothing!" The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age shows the greatness of the debt that contemporary society owes to its prehistoric predecessors. It is a rich introduction to a lost world that will redefine the meaning of civilization itself.".
- catalog contributor b11915101.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "1. The Stone Age -- 2. The Mother Tongue -- 3. A New Rosetta Stone -- 4. The Signs of Old Europe: Writing or Pre-Writing? -- 5. The Paleolithic Origins of Writing -- 6. Paleoscience -- 7. From Footprints to Fingerprints -- 8. Under the Knife -- 9. Stone Age Surgery -- 10. Pyrotechnology -- 11. Back to the Grindstone -- 12. The Stone Age Mining Industry -- 13. Ochre: Blood of the Earth -- 14. Venus Figurines: Sex Objects or Symbols? -- 15. The Song of the Stalactites -- 16. The First Fossil Hunters -- 17. The Four Bones of Bilzingsleben -- 18. Graven Images from the Holy Land -- 19. Dawn Stones or False Dawn?".
- catalog description "In this book, Rudgley describes how the intrepid explorers of the Stone Age discovered all of the world's major land masses long before the so-called Age of Discovery. Stone Age man made precisely sized tools, and used proto-abacuses to count and measure. He performed medical operations including amputations and delicate cranial surgeries. Neanderthals not only domesticated fire for heat and light, but experimented with lichen and moss fuels. In the visual arts, the Paleolithic cave artists of western Europe used techniques forgotten until the Renaissance. Picasso himself is said to have remarked after visiting Lascaux, "We have invented nothing!"".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index.".
- catalog description "The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age shows the greatness of the debt that contemporary society owes to its prehistoric predecessors. It is a rich introduction to a lost world that will redefine the meaning of civilization itself.".
- catalog extent "310 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0684855801".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : Free Press,".
- catalog subject "930.1/2 21".
- catalog subject "Civilization History.".
- catalog subject "Civilization.".
- catalog subject "Culture Origin.".
- catalog subject "GN768 .R83 1999".
- catalog subject "Stone age.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Stone Age -- 2. The Mother Tongue -- 3. A New Rosetta Stone -- 4. The Signs of Old Europe: Writing or Pre-Writing? -- 5. The Paleolithic Origins of Writing -- 6. Paleoscience -- 7. From Footprints to Fingerprints -- 8. Under the Knife -- 9. Stone Age Surgery -- 10. Pyrotechnology -- 11. Back to the Grindstone -- 12. The Stone Age Mining Industry -- 13. Ochre: Blood of the Earth -- 14. Venus Figurines: Sex Objects or Symbols? -- 15. The Song of the Stalactites -- 16. The First Fossil Hunters -- 17. The Four Bones of Bilzingsleben -- 18. Graven Images from the Holy Land -- 19. Dawn Stones or False Dawn?".
- catalog title "The lost civilizations of the Stone Age / Richard Rudgley.".
- catalog type "text".