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From the Middle Bronze Age settlement of Arkaim on the Kazakh Steppes to the temples of the Olmec in Mexico, Stone reveals the 50 most incredible places to relive humankind's deep past.
List of contents
1. Halstatt - Celts (Austria) - Urnfield Culture
2. The Glauberg (Celts) - Germany
3. Beifudi - China
4. Sesklo - Greece
5. Lepenski Vir - Serbia
6. Gobekli Tepe - Turkey
7. Atapuerca - Spain UNESCO site
8. Goseck circle - Germany
9. Tollense Valley - Germany (Bronze Age battlefield)
10. Robenhausen Site - Switzerland (historic pile-dwelling settlement)
11. Vezere Valley inc Lascaux Caves - Dordogne (UNESCO) (Commarque?)
12. Gabarnmung - Australia
13. Yonagumi monument - Japan
14. Ggantija - Gozo, Malta (worlds oldest freestanding monuments)
15. Hal Saflieni Hypogeum - Malta (one of world's essential prehistoric sites)
16. Antequera Dolmens - Spain
17. Stonehenge, Avebury & Silbury - England
18. Uffington White Horse - England (oldest of its type in Britain)
19. Ban Chiang - Thailand (most important in s/e asia)
20. Catalhoyuk - Turkey (one of world's most important sites)
21. Mohenjo-daro & Harappa- Pakistan
22. Arkaim - Russia
23. El Manati - Mexico (Olmec culture)
24. Batadombalena Cave - Sri Lanka
25. Uruk - Iraq (the first city?)
26. Abri de la Madeleine - Dordogne (include Bison Licking Insect Bite)
27. Barnenez - France (one of Europe's earliest Neolithic monuments)
28. Nias Island - Indonesia (an example of a LIVING megalithic culture)
29. Nuragic towers - Sardinia (Nuragic culture)
30. Rujm el-Hiri - Israeli-occupied Golan Heights ("Wheel of Giants")
31. Bru na Boinne - Newgrange, Knowth & Dowth - Ireland
32. Almendres Cromlech - Portugal (one of Europe's largest collections of standing stones)
33. Dolmens of North Caucasus - Russia and Georgia (unique prehistoric architecture)
34. Dolni Vestonice - Czech Republic (oldest human settlement?)
35. Varna Necropolis - Bulgaria (one of the world's key archaeological sites)
36. Nebelivka - Ukraine (major example of Trypillian culture & Europe's first proto-cities)
37. Knap of Howar - Orkney Islands (Oldest house in Europe?)
38. Heart of Neolithic Orkney - Orkney Islands
39. Mousa, Jarlshof & Old Scatness - Shetland Islands
40. Cueva de las Manos - Argentina (famous for its hand paintings)
41. Meadowcroft Rock Shelter - Pennsylvania, USA
42. Effigy Mounds - Iowa
43. Piaui - Brazil
44. Caral - Peru
45. Giants of Mont'e Prama - Italy (stunning looking heads and torsos!)
46. Alepotrypa - Greece (inspired myth of Hades? Discovered in the 1950's!)
47. Choirokoitia - Cyprus
48. Bhimbetka Petroglyphs (oldest known Prehistoric art) - India
49. Man Bac - Vietnam
50. Sarmizegetusa Regia - Romania (political centre of the Dacian culture, fought with Rome)
About the author
Barry Stone is an established travel writer and author of books on subjects ranging from religious hermits to mutinies in the age of sail and military history titles, for publishers including Hardie Grant, Allen & Unwin and HarperCollins. He is also the author of The 50 Greatest Walks of the World and The 50 Greatest Westerns in this series. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
Summary
The most incredible places to relive humankind’s deep past.
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‘An absolute must-read for prehistory lovers. There are many eye-opening discoveries unearthed throughout the pages that take us on an insightful walking tour’
