| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
72 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
DK eyewitness books |
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DK eyewitness books.
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| Note |
At head of title: Eyewitness. |
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"Discover how the world's first people lived-- from cave dwellings to the tools of the Iron Age"--Cover. |
| Contents |
Human or ape? -- Prehistoric food -- Toolmakers -- Flintworking -- Moving northwards -- Coming of fire -- Life in the Ice Age -- Ice-Age hunters -- Modern humans -- First artists -- Hunting and gathering -- Desert hunters -- Tilling the soil -- Clothing and fabrics -- Skin deep -- Magic -- Death and burial -- Ancient writing -- Bronzeworking -- Beauties of bronze -- Bronze-Age warior -- Iron-Age finery -- Life in the Iron Age -- Men of iron -- Ancient China -- Small change -- Central Americans -- North Americans -- Digging up the past -- Did you know? -- Who's who? -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index. |
| Summary |
Text and photographs present a description of early humans, their origins, their tools and weapons, how they hunted and foraged for food, and the role of family life, money, religion, and magic. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Prehistoric peoples -- Juvenile literature.
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Civilization, Ancient -- Juvenile literature.
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Prehistoric peoples.
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Civilization, Ancient.
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| Added Author |
Wilkinson, Philip, 1955-
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King, Dave.
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Dorling Kindersley, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Eyewitness early humans |
| ISBN |
0756610680 library binding |
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9780756610685 library binding |
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0756610672 trade bdg. |
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9780756610678 trade bdg. |
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