The cave and the cathedral how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man
Popular science writer Aczel examines French (and some Spanish) cave drawings and the theories scientists have put forward to explain them, including religious iconography, hunting trophies, and a leap in human brain development.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Aczel, Amir D., |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The cave and the cathedral : |b how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man / |c Amir D. Aczel. |
| 260 | |a Hoboken, N.J. : |b John Wiley & Sons, |c ©2009. | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (chiefly color) ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The adventure of Niaux -- The greatest mystery -- The Neanderthal enigma -- The roots of language -- Abbé 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. | |
| 520 | |a Popular science writer Aczel examines French (and some Spanish) cave drawings and the theories scientists have put forward to explain them, including religious iconography, hunting trophies, and a leap in human brain development. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Paleolithic period. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Magdalenian culture. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cave paintings. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Painting, Prehistoric. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Niaux Cave (France) | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Lascaux Cave (France) | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Chauvet Cave (France) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Antiquities, Prehistoric. | |
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