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The First Signs by Genevieve von Petzinger 2016 Unabridged CD 9781504722056
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- 9781504722056
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Compact Disc
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- First Signs : My Quest to Unlock the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
- Genre
- Architecture, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Civilization, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
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One of the most significant works on our evolutionary ancestry since Richard Leakey's Origins , The First Signs is the first-ever exploration of the geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world-the first indications of symbolic meaning, intelligence, and language. Imagine yourself as a caveman or cavewoman. The place: Europe. The time: 25,000 years ago, the last Ice Age. In reality, you live in an open-air tent or a bone hut. But you also belong to a rich culture that creates art. In and around your cave paintings are handprints and dots, x 's and triangles, parallel lines and spirals. Your people know what they mean. You also use them on tools and jewelry. And then you vanish-and with you, their meanings. Join renowned archaeologist Genevieve von Petzinger on an Indiana Jones-worthy adventure from the open-air rock art sites of northern Portugal to the dark depths of a remote cave in Spain that can only be reached by sliding face-first through the mud. Von Petzinger looks past the beautiful horses, powerful bison, graceful ibex, and faceless humans in the ancient paintings to the abstract geometric images that accompany them. These terse symbols appear more often than any other kinds of figures-signs that have never really been studied or explained until now. Part travel journal, part popular science, part personal narrative, von Petzinger's groundbreaking book starts to crack the code on the first form of graphic communication. It's in her blood, as this talented scientist's grandmother served as a code breaker at Bletchley. Discernible patterns emerge that point to abstract thought and expression, and for the first time, we can begin to understand the changes that might have been happening inside the minds of our Ice Age ancestors-offering a glimpse of when they became us.
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Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1504722051
ISBN-13
9781504722056
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Book Title
First Signs : My Quest to Unlock the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Architecture, History, Social Science
Dimensions
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5.7in
Item Width
5.2in
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Number of Volumes
7 Vols.
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
Table of Content
Introduction 1. Two Red Dots 2. Once upon a Time in Africa ... 3. Glimmers of a Modern Mind 4. Intermittent Signals 5. Welcome to the Ice Age 6. Venuses, Lion-Men, and Signs Beyond the Mundane World 7. Life and Death in the First Villages 8. How to Make Cave Art 9. Signs across the Ages: The Many Styles of the Oldest Art 10. Of Animals and Humans and Strange Tableaux 11. Patterns: Trading Signs and Sharing Symbols 12. Chicken or Egg: A Brief History of Language, Brains, and Writing 13. The Lady of St. Germain-la-Riviere and Her Mysterious Necklace 14. Through the Eyes of the Ancestors: A Rock Art Epiphany 15. Feather or Weapon: The Real-World Meanings of Cave Signs 16. Seeing the Unseen World: Visions, Shamans, and the Seven Signs Conlcusion
Copyright Date
2016
Dewey Decimal
302.2/223094
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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