The Cave and the Cathedral : : how a Real-Life Indiana Jones and a Renegade Scholar Decoded the Ancient art of man
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PUBLISHED
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: xiv, 242 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780470373538
0470373539
SUBJECTS
Paleolithic period.
Magdalenian culture.
Cave paintings.
Painting, Prehistoric.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
Niaux Cave (France)
Lascaux Cave (France)
Chauvet Cave (France)