Name: Before Civilization
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Author: Lord Colin Renfrew
ISBN: 9780712665933

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Pimlico

Author

Lord Colin Renfrew

Year

1999

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.50 x 14.00 x 2.60 cm

ISBN13

9780712665933

Before Civilization

Lord Colin Renfrew (Author) · Pimlico · Paperback

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Synopsis "Before Civilization"

The refinement of radiocarbon dating using the information form tree-ring counts has raised serious doubts about the accepted theoretical frameowkr of European prehistory.

The refinement of radiocarbon dating using the information form tree-ring counts has raised serious doubts about the accepted theoretical frameowkr of European prehistory. Monuments in Central and Western Europe have proved to be considerably older than their supposed Near-Eastern forerunners, and the record must be almost completely rewritten in the light of these new dates. Before Civilsation is a preliminary attempt to do this with the help of analogies from more recent and well-documented primitive societies. The more glaring inconsistencies in the old theory are re-examined and Professor Renfrew shows convincingly how the baffling monuments of prehistoric Europe, like Stonehenge, could have been built without recourse to help from the ''more civilized'' Near East.