num_pages: 384
description: How the New Stone Age shaped our world Approximately 12000 years ago early humans in western Asia and Europe who had been itinerant foragers subsisting on what food they could find slowly began settling in one place. They farmed and domesticated animals created new tools built monuments and began preserving and storing food. What brought about this shift? What difference did it make to the overall population? And what effects did this Neolithic Revolution have on generations to come?The Tale of the Axe explores the New Stone Agenamed for the new types of stone tools that appeared at that time specifically the ground stone axetaking Britain as its focus. David Miles takes the reader on a journey through Neolithic Britain by way of its ancestors geographical neighbors and the species from which humans emerged before turning an eye to the future and those aspects of the Neolithic Revolution that live on today: farming built communities modern man and much more. 70 illustrations 20 in color
language: English
title: The Tale of the Axe: How the Neolithic Revolution Transformed Britain
publisher: Thames & Hudson