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While the cover of this 1952 Pelican edition gives husband, Christopher, top billing, wife, Jacquetta is billed first on the title page, and is given her rightful acknowledgement as main author on the back cover. An exercise in '50s #ShelfAppealForSexists !
The replica Paleolithic Venus figurine is wrong as I don't think any have been found in Britain, but the stones are Sarsen and Bluestone from Stonehenge, but don't worry, I didn't take a ⬇️

Bookwomble ... geological hammer to a national treasure! They were geological samples from the gift shop 🪨😅
As this is an obviously out of date archeological review, I may have to read the tagged later in the year to bring me more up to date.
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LeahBergen What a great photo! 2w
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