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Bookwomble
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"In a single century archaeology has pushed the beginning of human history back some half million years, & given it a perspective which was altogether lacking when knowledge was restricted to the competitively short span of time covered by written records."
-Foreword
"I began to write the first edition of this book in 1940, when, if one listened to the intellect alone, a German victory seemed almost certain."
-Prelude
#FirstLineFridays @shybookowl

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Bookwomble
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"The most substantial part of the Neolithic colonizers of [Britain]...possibly originating in pre-Dynastic Egypt, had spread from the south of France northwards and westwards until groups of them began to cross the Channel...They were a slightly built, dark people...We can visualise how parties of such men, women and children pushed off in their small boats from various points along the Channel and North Sea coast."

Bookwomble Jacquetta recounting the deep foundations of British culture and ethnicity in the arrival of immigrants to our shores in small boats crossing the Channel from France. 🚣‍♀️🚣‍♂️🚣🧐 1mo
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Bookwomble
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I'm not far into this book, but I'm loving Jacquetta Hawkes's writing style, and looked up some info about her: she's amazing!
She was the first woman to pass the Cambridge University course on archeology and anthropology, was part of a team making key Neanderthal excavations, was Assistant Principal of UK post-war reconstruction, was Secretary of the UK National Committee for UNESCO, preparing its first conference in Mexico, where she met and ⬇️

Bookwomble ... started an affair with J.B Priestley, who became her second husband, was governor of the British Film Institute, archeological advisor to the Festival of Britain, co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, campaigned for the decriminalisation of homosexuality, all while continuing her academic work, writing books on archeology, history, novels and poetry, appearing on radio and TV, and making educational films. She died in 1996, & ⬇️ 1mo
Bookwomble ... and has been largely forgotten despite her incredible contribution to 20th century British culture.
There's a fascinating account of her life in this BBC podcast:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b01mfb2d
And her Desert Island Discs appearance from 1980:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0143kdg
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kspenmoll WOW! Thanks for sharing her accomplishments, etc. 1mo
Dilara That is quite impressive! 1mo
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Bookwomble
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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! 1mo
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JuliaTheBookNerd
The Valley of Horses | Jean M. Auel
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#LoveHorses 🐴🐎

#JulyJazz 🐚🌺☀️🌴🌊🫧 🍉🇺🇸🎆

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Butterfinger Love this book and series. 1mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🐴 ❤️ 🐎 1mo
Eggs Great series👏🏻👏🏻 1mo
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Owls31092
Europe: A History | Norman Davies
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We also learned about the Theory of Chaos where small actions can have a large impact on complex systems over time. I got a feeling we‘ll be using this theory more often. I‘m not going to make a discussion out of it, but I want us all to think about the previous books we have read and think about where the Theory of Chaos may apply. #theoryofchaos #history #europe #europeanhistory #normandavies #cnossos #mycenae #crete #prehistory

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Owls31092
Europe: A History | Norman Davies
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We learned some new terms in the end starting with Catastrophe Theory where math is used to understand how sudden, discontinuous changes can arise from smooth, continuous changes. #chaostheory #europe #normandavies #history #prehistory #cnossos #mycenae #thera #europeanhistory #volcano #volcanoceruptions #greece

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LiseWorks
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#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii Friday is here!
1. Went fishing and caught a 28 in Pike.
2. My rose just had one flower this year. Didn't like the cold spring.
3. My lilies are blooming
4. Started a new pen pal group with @StayCurious . You can sigh up litsysnailmail@yahoo.com
5. My Romain letters are really nice.

Play @dabby @Gissy @AmyG @Princess-Kingofkings @Mimi28

Sace I love how the lilies color coordinate with your new snail mail group ☺️ 2mo
AmyG Thanks for the tag! And wow….what a big fish! 2mo
dabbe W🤩W! 💙🩵💙 2mo
ShelleyBooksie Those lilies are gorgeous! The deer ate mine - boo. Great catch with the fish! 2mo
LiseWorks @ShelleyBooksie, oh those pesky Deer 🦌 2mo
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bibliothecarivs
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Random book from our personal library. My apologies for displaying a dead person ('Tollund Man'), especially one who probably died violently, with no warning.

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Mattsbookaday
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The Horse, the Wheel, the Language, by David W. Anthony (2007)
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Premise: A thorough exploration of the evidence in favour of the Kurgan hypothesis of Indo-European origins.

Review: This did a great job in filling in the pieces for me in where this area of study has been at this century.It offers a detailed defense of the Kurgan hypothesis through a mixture of linguistic and archaeological evidence. Cont.

Mattsbookaday That said, in this thoroughness it got awfully repetitive, knocking it down a bit for me. It‘s also now 17 years old, so we‘ll have to see how it stands up to the new release on the topic.

Bookish Pair: For a new title on the subject I‘m excited to read, Proto by Laura Spinney
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