Prehistory : a study of early cultures in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin / by M.C. Burkitt ; with a short preface by l'Abbé H. Breuil.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1925. Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiii, 438 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmSubject(s): Archaeology | Prehistoric peoples | Art, Primitive | Archaeology | Art, Primitive | Prehistoric peoplesLOC classification: GN775 | .B9 1925Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | The BIAA David H. French Library Shelf 34 - Main Room | E16a BURKI 16 | Not for loan | BOOKS*000000012593 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-332) and index.
Geological conditions -- Man in relation to geology -- Flint, flint fracture and Palaeolithic tools -- Eoliths -- Lower Palaeolithic civilisations -- Mousterian civilisation or middle Palaeolithic -- The upper Palaeolithic Age -- The Aurignacian Age -- The Solutrean Age -- The Magdalenian Age -- Azilian, Tardenoisean, and the transition to the Neolithic -- The Neolithic and Bronze Ages -- Prehistoric man -- Cave art -- Decorated objects from the deposits themselves -- Characters indicated in the various species of animals figure by Palaeolithic man -- Distribution of art in France -- Distribution of art in north Spain -- Eastern Spanish art -- Neolithic and bronze Age art -- Equivalents amongst modern primitive peoples, and the raison d'être of prehistoric art.