Everyday life in prehistoric times
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Author
Contributions
- Quennell, C. H. B. 1872-1935, jont author. - Contributor
Publication
1959 - Putnam, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
56,250 words, Guess
Page Count
225 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveeverydaylifeinpr00quen
- LibraryThing812707
- Library of Congress Control Number59004497
- OCLC Control Number492744
- Open LibraryOL6268263M
Classifications
- DDC571
- LCCGN743 .Q5 1959
Description
“This factual account, based upon the findings of archaeologists, reconstructs in imaginative fashion the day-today life of our prehistoric ancestors. With photographs and numerous animated line drawings, the authors realistically indicate how man learned to use shelters, clothing, and simple tools to make his nomadic life more comfortable. Having presented the methods for determining ages and epochs by geology, the book traces the development of man, from the Pithecanthropus, the supposed link between gibbon and man, to the very civilized Celts uI what is now England. At the same time, it follows the inventive genius of man, from the simple flint tools and cave dwellings of the Old Stone Age to the metal “power tools” and ornaments, forts, and lake villages of the Early Iron Age. The present volume is a new edition, incorporating Everyday Life in the Old Stone Age and Everyday Life in the New Stone, Bronze and Early Iron Ages, revised and edited by an archaeologist specialising in Pre-History. The subject matter has been brought up to date, and more illustrations have been included. Much of this immensely interesting material is based on recent and, to some extent, still existing tribes of men in remote areas of Africa and Australia, etc., whose lives probably pattern closely the ways and habits of prehistoric man. The New Statesman and Nation has written of the Quennells’ “rare gift for arousing the historical imagination”, and they have been remarkably displayed in this account of how ordinary people lived in the centuries before the historian came to leave a written record of the past.” BOOK JACKET
Description
The day-to-day life of our prehistoric ancestors based on the findings of archaeologists. Grades 7-9.
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