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The Cave of Fontéchevade
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 86.00Summary of recent Paleolithic excavations at Fontéchevade, France, and their archaeological and paleontological implications. more...
Finding Time for the Old Stone Age
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 184.99In the mid 19th century, curious stone implements were found beside the bones of extinct animals. Humans were evidently more ancient than had been supposed - but just how old were they? A colourful cast of characters - from professors to wine sellers - debated the question and even came to blows over it. Anne O'Connor tells their fascinating story.... more...
Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context
Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 139.99A comprehensive and fully illustrated study, by an international team of experts, of the first British examples of cave art, discovered at Creswell Crags on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border in 2003. This important discovery is contextualized by comparative, up-to-date studies of European cave art, from Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy. - ;Cave... more...
A New Human
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 19.99In October 2004, a team of Australian and Indonesian anthropologists led by Mike Morwood and Raden Pandji Soejono stunned the world with their announcement of the discovery of the first example of a new species of human, Homo floresiensis , which they nicknamed the "Hobbit." This was no creation of Tolkien's fantasy, however, but a tool-using,... more...
Bene Israel
BRILL 2008; US$ 132.00This collection of twelve papers, dedicated to Professor Israel Finkelstein, deals with various aspects concerning the archaeology of Israel and the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Although the area under discussion runs from southeastern Turkey (Alalakh) down to the arid zones of the Negev Desert, the main emphasis is on the Land of Israel.... more...
Survival by Hunting
University of California Press 2004; US$ 27.96The North American Great Plains and Rocky Mountains have yielded many artifacts and other clues about the prehistoric people who once lived there, but little is understood about the hunting practices that ensured their survival for thousands of years. Noted archaeologist George Frison brings a lifetime of experience as a hunter, rancher, and guide... more...
Hidden Realms, Lost Civilizations, and Beings from Other Worlds
Visible Ink Press 2010; US$ 19.95Claims of supernatural realms, parallel worlds, and lost civilizations are put to the test in this well-researched guide to the unexplained. Firsthand accounts and historical documents are explored, and in-depth coverage is provided on the mysteries of imagination, culture, perception, consciousness, being, and more. Included in this collection are... more...
Facial Geometry
Charles C Thomas 2007; US$ 27.95Forensic art may be defined as portrait art minus a tangible subject. The main objective of this book is to present a series of practical indices interrelating the key features of the human face that will provide a foundation for any exercise in forensic art from composite sketch to post-mortem re-facing. These indices are illustrated... more...
Discovery in the Cave
Random House Children's Books 2011; US$ 3.99This amazing true adventure story about the discovery of the Lascaux Cave will have young readers feeling that they've discovered something pretty special, too! In 1940, four teenage boys and a dog dropped themselves into a hole in the forest floor. Using a flaming grease gun as a torch, they ventured deep underground, eventually coming to a huge... more...
Meat, Medicine and Human Health in the Twentieth Century
Pickering & Chatto Publishers 2010; US$ 99.00This collection of essays explores some of the complex relations between meat and health in the twentieth century. It highlights a complicated array of contradictory attitudes towards meat and human health. They show how meat came to be regarded as a central part of a modern healthy diet and trace critiques of meat-eating and the meat industry. more...









