Tale of the Axe
«'Illuminating … As layered as the strata of an archaeological dig, this is a moving portrait of a people at a cultural and technological tipping point' - Nature»
'A powerful testimony to the value of archaeology in today's world' Brian Fagan Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 448
- ISBN
- 9780500293874
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«'Illuminating … As layered as the strata of an archaeological dig, this is a moving portrait of a people at a cultural and technological tipping point' - Nature»
«'Colourful and lively writing and an eye to current issues and idioms play their part … This is first-person scholarship at its most humane' - Literary Review»
«'[Miles] presents his scholarly findings with glints of good-humoured individuality which make his book pleasantly readable, even by lay persons' - Spectator»
«'David Miles takes this archetypal artefact as a launchpad to explore a vast sweep of prehistory[…] with absorbing detail and an amiable turn of phrase … this new edition includes a thought-provoking afterword that brings the story up to date' - Current Archaeology»