The Tale Of The Axe: How The Neolithic Revolution Transformed Britain
by David Miles /
2016 / English / EPUB
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How the New Stone Age shaped our world
How the New Stone Age shaped our worldApproximately 12,000 years ago, early humans in western Asia
and Europe who had been itinerant foragers, subsisting on what food
they could find, slowly began settling in one place. They farmed
and domesticated animals, created new tools, built monuments, and
began preserving and storing food. What brought about this shift?
What difference did it make to the overall population? And what
effects did this Neolithic Revolution have on generations to
come?
Approximately 12,000 years ago, early humans in western Asia
and Europe who had been itinerant foragers, subsisting on what food
they could find, slowly began settling in one place. They farmed
and domesticated animals, created new tools, built monuments, and
began preserving and storing food. What brought about this shift?
What difference did it make to the overall population? And what
effects did this Neolithic Revolution have on generations to
come?The Tale of the Axe
The Tale of the Axe explores the New Stone Age―named for
the new types of stone tools that appeared at that time,
specifically the ground stone axe―taking Britain as its focus.
David Miles takes the reader on a journey through Neolithic Britain
by way of its ancestors, geographical neighbors, and the species
from which humans emerged before turning an eye to the future and
those aspects of the Neolithic Revolution that live on today:
farming, built communities, modern man, and much more. 70
illustrations, 20 in color
explores the New Stone Age―named for
the new types of stone tools that appeared at that time,
specifically the ground stone axe―taking Britain as its focus.
David Miles takes the reader on a journey through Neolithic Britain
by way of its ancestors, geographical neighbors, and the species
from which humans emerged before turning an eye to the future and
those aspects of the Neolithic Revolution that live on today:
farming, built communities, modern man, and much more. 70
illustrations, 20 in color