The cave and the cathedral: how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man

Join researcher and scientist Amir D. Aczel on a time-traveling journey through the past and discover what the ancient caves of France and Spain may revealabout the origin of language, art, and human thought as he illuminates one ofthe greatest mysteries in anthropology ÍNDICE: Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. The Adventure of Niaux. 2. The Greatest Mystery. 3. The Neanderthal Enigma. 4. The Roots of Language. 5. Abbé Breuil. 6. Font-de-Gaume and Combarelles. 7. The Tale of a Missing Dog. 8. The Signof the Bull and the Legend of the Minotaur. 9. Rouffi gnac and Pech Merle. 10. The Discovery of Lascaux. 11. The Enigma of the Pit. 12. The Groundbreaking Work of Annette Laming-Emperaire. 13. Prehistoric Objets d’Art. 14. The Sign of the Hand. 15. The Legend of the White Lady. 16. Shamans of the Tundra. 17. Stonehenge and Signs in the Sky. 18. The Mediterranean, Australia, and Patagonia. 19. Leroi-Gourhan’s Theory. 20. The Relationship between Signs and Animals.21. The Chauvet Cave. Notes. References. Illustration Credits. Index

• ISBN: 978-0-470-37353-8
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés