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Author:   Julian Heath (University of Liverpool)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781538192443

ISBN 10:   1538192446
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   10 July 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Map Legend Acknowledgements Introduction: Prehistoric Europe in Brief 1.The Old Man of La-Chapelle-aux-Saints 2. The Lion Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel 3. The Vogelherd Figurines 4. Chauvet Cave 5. The Venus of Willendorf 6. The Venus of Laussel 7. The Brno II Burial: A Shaman’s Grave? 8. Cheddar Man 9. Lepenski Vir 10. The Talheim Death Pit 11. Megalithic Recycling in Neolithic Brittany 12. Skara Brae 13. The Ness of Brodgar 14. The Varna Necropolis 15. The Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 16. Ötzi the Iceman 17. Los Millares 18. The Amesbury Archer 19. The Hindsgavl Dagger 20. The Mold Cape 21. Akrotiri: A Bronze Age Pompeii 22. The Great Orme Copper Mine 23. The Nebra Sky Disc 24. The Shaft Graves at Mycenae 25. The Stone Men of Corsica: The Filitosa Statue-Menhirs 26. The King’s Grave 27. The Palaikastro Kouros 28. The Trundholm Sun Chariot 29. The Dendra Panoply 30. The Egtved Girl 31. Battle at the Bridge? 32. Must Farm 33. The Viksø Helmets 34. The Berlin Gold Hat 35. The Giants of Mont’e Prama 36. The Strettweg Cult Wagon 37. The Kröllkogel Burial Mound 38. The Hirschlanden Warrior 39. The Glauberg Prince 40. The Hochdorf Chieftain 41. The Princess of Vix 42. Tollund Man 43. The Lady of Elche 44. The Battersea Shield 45. The Celtic Hero from Bohemia: The Mšekcé Žehrovice Head 46. The Agris Helmet 47. The Roquepertuse Sanctuary 48. The Gundestrup Cauldron 49. The Snettisham Treasure 50. The Broighter Hoard Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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""Beautifully written and illustrated, this book really does bring prehistory to life. All my favourite bits of prehistory are in here - anyone interested in learning more about the prehistoric past needs a copy of this book!"" --Dr Rachel Pope, Reader in European Prehistory, Department of Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology, University of Liverpool

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Julian Heath is a freelance illustrator and excavator on archaeological sites in Europe and Egypt. Heath has also lectured at the University of Liverpool, published several books on prehistoric archaeology and Egyptology and is also a regular contributor to Ancient Egypt magazine. He is the author of Exploring Megalithic Europe: Amazing Sites to See for Yourself (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and Archaeology Hotspot Egypt:Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists ((Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). He was educated at the University of Liverpool, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Archaeology.

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