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. 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.

• Author
• Colin Renfrew

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 320

• Publisher
• Pimlico

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-7126-6593-3

• EAN
• 9780712665933

• Genres
• history, archaeology, prehistory, science, reference

• Release date
• 1999