The Tale of the Axe by David Miles
Focusing on the British Isles, the author explores a period of huge societal change - the Neolithic, or 'New Stone Age' - through the most iconic artifact of its time: the polished stone axe, using his own ancient stone axe-head, given to him by a local quarry worker, as a guide to the revolution that changed the world.
'Illuminating … As layered as the strata of an archaeological dig, this is a moving portrait of a people at a cultural and technological tipping point' - Nature
'Colourful and lively writing and an eye to current issues and idioms play their part … This is first-person scholarship at its most humane' - Literary Review
'A beautifully written narrative [and] a powerful testimony to the value of archaeology in today’s world' - Brian Fagan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
'Presents his scholarly findings with glints of good-humoured individuality which make his book pleasantly readable, even by lay persons who may not previously have paid much attention to the difference between Palaeolithic and Neolithic tribal behaviour' - The Spectator
'Colourful and lively writing and an eye to current issues and idioms play their part … This is first-person scholarship at its most humane' - Literary Review
'A beautifully written narrative [and] a powerful testimony to the value of archaeology in today’s world' - Brian Fagan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
'Presents his scholarly findings with glints of good-humoured individuality which make his book pleasantly readable, even by lay persons who may not previously have paid much attention to the difference between Palaeolithic and Neolithic tribal behaviour' - The Spectator
David Miles was the Director of the Oxford Archaeological Unit for many years, and worked on projects in Britain, France, Greece and the West Indies. In 1999 he became Chief Archaeologist at English Heritage, where he developed a maritime archaeology unit and a project to study the impact of slavery in England. He has written many books on archaeology, particularly on the Roman and Migration periods in Britain, and one on the origins of the British, The Tribes of Britain.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500051863 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500051860 |
| Title | The Tale of the Axe |
| Author | David Miles |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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