Bibliograph

The cave and the cathedral, how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man, Amir D. Aczel

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The cave and the cathedral, how a real-life Indiana Jones and a renegade scholar decoded the ancient art of man, Amir D. Aczel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The cave and the cathedral

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

299698306

Responsibility statement

Amir D. Aczel

Sub title

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

Table Of Contents

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

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