The Testimony of the Spade. - 5 Angebote vergleichen

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Mulberry Corner Books.
Alfred A. Knopf, New York First Edition. 1956. 414pp. Approximate Size is 9 1/2"x6 1/2". Slight Sunning On Book's Top Edges. 3/4" x 1 3/4" Owner's Name Plate On Front End Paper. 1"x3/4" Bookstore Plate On Back End Paper, Otherwise A Very Good Book. Dust Jacket Has Missing Sections On Spine. Various Nicks, Closed Tears Around Dust Jacket Edges, Otherwise A Good Dust Jacket. Protected In Brodart Cover.. A COMPLETE STORY OF NEW DISCOVERIES OF THE SLOW SPREAD OF A SUCCESSION OF "BARBARIAN" TRIBES NORTH OF THE ALPS, SHOWING PRE-HISTORY TURNING INTO HISTORY IN THE HEARTLAND OF EUROPE. LIFE IN NORTHERN EUROPE, FROM 15,000 B.C. TO THE TIME OF THE VIKINGS. $15.00. F. Hardcover.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ksoldgolden.
THE TESTIMONY OF THE SPADE was planned and written explicitly as a companion volume to GODS, GRAVES, AND SCHOLARS, which dealt mostly with the Mediterranean world. It is the first popular book to trace consecutively the movements and the flowering culture of our early ancestors from the Alps north to Scandinavia, and from Russia to Ireland--from the cave-dwellers of France to the "barbarian" tribes described by Caesar and Tacitus and the Norse sagas. Geoffrey Bibby, a noted archaeologist, has created a stirring and beautifully lucid narrative in which the rich cultures of these peoples, hidden in obscurity only a short time ago, come vividly alive. To the antiquarians of the 19th century, the line of civilization passed through Rome and Greece back to Palestine, and everything else belonged to outer darkness, to a remote and undecipherable Stone Age. They did not dream that this dateless stretch of time, without records and without heroes, would soon be divided into historical eras, centuries, and even years. When Worsaae, a great Danish archaeologist, saw that prehistoric objects belonged to vastly different eras, the concepts derived from ancient writings such as the Bible were forced to yield before the testimony of the spade. The antiquity of man was established. Worsaae's successors gradually pieced together the puzzle of early Europe. After the discovery of the cave paintings of Altamira and teh Dordogue, a succession of brilliant excavations revealed a parade of cultures from the Ice Age to the time of the Vikings, all bringing with them magnificent artifacts of stone, ivory, amber, bronze, iron, or gold. We see the reindeer-hunters of Stellmore, creators of the first totem poles, and more, creators of the first totem poles, and the mammoth hunters of Piedmost. This book takes us on a voyage of discovery by introducing us to the great archaeologist who led the way into the past. Hardcover, Label: Random House, Random House, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1956-01, Studio: Random House, Verkaufsrang: 2651913.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Coas Books, Inc. NM, Las Cruces, [RE:5].
This is a used book. Potential defects may exist (folds, creases, highlighting, writing/markings, staining, stickers and/or sticker residue, ETC. ) COAS Books, A Bookstore for Everyone. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Hardcover.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books: West [4720790], Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Ships from Reno, NV. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, McCauley Books, PA, Conshohocken, [RE:4].
hardcover, First Edition.