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.

By: Burkitt, Miles Crawford, 1890-1971Contributor(s): Breuil, Henri, 1877-1961Material type: TextTextPublication 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 1925
Contents:
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.
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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.