The cave and the cathedral
Subtitle: how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man
By: Amir D. Aczel.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780470373538
Subjects: Paleolithic period; Magdalenian culture; Cave paintings; Painting, Prehistoric; Antiquities, Prehistoric; Niaux Cave (France); Lascaux Cave (France); Chauvet Cave (France)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The adventure of Niaux; title: The greatest mystery; title: The Neanderthal enigma; title: The roots of language; title: The Abbe Breuil; title: Font-de-Gaume and Combarelles; title: Tale of a missing dog; title: The sign of the bull and the legend of the minotaur; title: Rouffignac and pech merle; title: The discovery of Lascaux; title: The enigma of the pit; title: The leading work of Annette Laming-Emperaire; title: Prehistoric objects d?art; title: The sign of the hand; title: The legend of the white lady; title: Shamans of the tundra; title: Stonehenge and signs in the sky; title: The Mediterranean, Australia, and Patagonia; title: Leroi-Gourhan?s theory; title: The relationship between signs and animals; title: Conclusion: the Chauvet cave; title: Notes.