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Aczel, Amir D.
The cave and the cathedral : how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man / Amir D. Aczel. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2009. - xiv, 242 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The adventure of Niaux -- The greatest mystery -- The Neanderthal enigma -- The roots of language -- Abb�e Breuil -- Font-de-Gaume and Combarelles -- The tale of a missing dog -- The sign of the bull and the legend of the minotaur -- Rouffignac and Pech Merle -- The discovery of Lascaux -- The enigma of the pit -- The groundbreaking work of Annette Laming-Emperaire -- Prehistoric objets d'art -- The sign of the hand -- The legend of the white lady -- Shamans of the tundra -- Stonehenge and signs in the sky -- The Mediterranean, Australia, and Patagonia -- Leroi-Gourhan's theory -- The relationship between signs and animals -- The Chauvet cave.
9780470373538 (cloth)
Paleolithic period.
Magdalenian culture.
Cave paintings.
Painting, Prehistoric.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
Niaux Cave (France)
Lascaux Cave (France)
Chauvet Cave (France)
930.1 / A189
The cave and the cathedral : how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man / Amir D. Aczel. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2009. - xiv, 242 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The adventure of Niaux -- The greatest mystery -- The Neanderthal enigma -- The roots of language -- Abb�e Breuil -- Font-de-Gaume and Combarelles -- The tale of a missing dog -- The sign of the bull and the legend of the minotaur -- Rouffignac and Pech Merle -- The discovery of Lascaux -- The enigma of the pit -- The groundbreaking work of Annette Laming-Emperaire -- Prehistoric objets d'art -- The sign of the hand -- The legend of the white lady -- Shamans of the tundra -- Stonehenge and signs in the sky -- The Mediterranean, Australia, and Patagonia -- Leroi-Gourhan's theory -- The relationship between signs and animals -- The Chauvet cave.
9780470373538 (cloth)
Paleolithic period.
Magdalenian culture.
Cave paintings.
Painting, Prehistoric.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
Niaux Cave (France)
Lascaux Cave (France)
Chauvet Cave (France)
930.1 / A189