Pydyn, Andrzej

Argonauts of the Stone Age : Early Maritime Activitiy From The First Migrations From Africa to the End of the Neolithic / - Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing ; 2015. - viii, 253 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographic references.

1. Lower Palaeolithic Seafarers – The Oldest Evidence of Migration and Sea-Crossing – 2. Middle Palaeolithic Seafarers – The Neanderthal and the Sea – 3. Upper and Final Palaeolithic Seafarers – The Expansion of Modern Humans – 4. Maritime Activity of Mesolithic Communities in Northern Europe – 5. Neolithic Voyagers – Farmers of the Sea – 6. Early Forms of Water Transport.

This is an important book. Too often in the past archaeologists have ignored or underestimated sea travel in early prehistory but the evidence has been growing and now it is presented to us in full in this thought provoking study. No longer can those interested in the human achievement neglect to take into account the astonishing achievements of our palaeolithic, mesolithic and neolithic ancestors.

9781784911430


Mediterranean Region.
Civilization.
Stone Age.
Naval history--Ancient.


Mediterranean Region--Civilization.

GN772.25, / P93 2015