This is not a book about archaeological sites. We shall come across flint tools, bones, skulls, surprising structures, and layers of earth that we can date to different periods-but they are not the heart of the matter. This book is about us, human beings, and about our place in the world. About what we have done, where we came from, which other humans used to be here, why they are no longer with us, and how and why our lives have changed. It's also about where we went wrong. What did early humans do because they had no choice and what is the price we paying for this now?
Taking as the focus ten sites in Israel, the land corridor through which the human species passed on its journey from Africa to Europe, the story ranges far and wide from France, Spain, Turkey and Georgia to Morocco and South Africa, North America, Columbia and Peru. The authors follow the footsteps of our ancestors, describing the tools they used, the animals they hunted and the monuments they built. Fascinating revelations include:
ISBN: | 9781786788313 |
Publication date: | 12th March 2024 |
Author: | Ran Barkai, Eyal Halfon |
Publisher: | Watkins an imprint of Watkins Media Limited |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 208 pages |
Genres: |
Social and cultural history Archaeology Archaeology by period / region |