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020 _a9781476785493 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
020 _a9781476785509 (paperback : alkaline paper)
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100 1 _aVon Petzinger, Genevieve.
245 1 4 _aThe first signs :
_bmy quest to unlock the mysteries of the world's oldest symbols /
_cby Genevieve von Petzinger.
250 _aFirst Atria Books hardcover edition.
263 _a1605
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bAtria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,
_c2016.
300 _apages cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
520 2 _a"One of the most significant works on our evolutionary ancestry since Richard Leakey's paradigm-shattering Origins, The First Signs is the first-ever exploration of the little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world--the first indications of symbolic meaning, intelligence, and language. Imagine yourself as a caveman or woman. The place: Europe. The time: 25,000 years ago, the last Ice Age. In reality, you live in an open-air tent or a bone hut. But you also belong to a rich culture that creates art. In and around your cave paintings are handprints and dots, x's and triangles, parallel lines and spirals. Your people know what they mean. You also use them on tools and jewelry. And then you vanish--and with you, their meanings. Join renowned archaeologist Genevieve von Petzinger on an Indiana Jones-worthy adventure from the open-air rock art sites of northern Portugal to the dark depths of a remote cave in Spain that can only be reached by sliding face-first through the mud. Von Petzinger looks past the beautiful horses, powerful bison, graceful ibex, and faceless humans in the ancient paintings. Instead, she's obsessed with the abstract geometric images that accompany them, the terse symbols that appear more often than any other kinds of figures--signs that have never really been studied or explained until now. Part travel journal, part popular science, part personal narrative, Von Petzinger's groundbreaking book starts to crack the code on the first form of graphic communication. It's in her blood, as this talented scientist's grandmother served as a code-breaker at Bletchley. Discernible patterns emerge that point to abstract thought and expression, and for the first time, we can begin to understand the changes that might have been happening inside the minds of our Ice Age ancestors--offering a glimpse of when they became us"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 2 _a"Archaeologist Genevieve von Petzinger looks past the horses, bison, ibex, and faceless humans in the ancient paintings and instead focuses on the abstract geometric images that accompany them. She offers her research on the terse symbols that appear more often than any other kinds of figures--signs that have never really been studied or explained until now"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aPaleolithic period
_zEurope.
650 0 _aGlacial epoch
_zEurope.
650 0 _aSigns and symbols
_zEurope
_xHistory.
650 0 _aSymbolism in art
_xHistory.
650 0 _aGeometry in art
_xHistory.
650 0 _aArt, Prehistoric
_zEurope.
650 0 _aRock paintings
_zEurope.
600 1 0 _aVon Petzinger, Genevieve
_xTravel
_zEurope.
651 0 _aEurope
_xAntiquities.
650 0 _aSocial archaeology
_zEurope.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
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650 7 _aHISTORY / Civilization.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aART / History / Prehistoric & Primitive.
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aVon Petzinger, Genevieve.
_tFirst signs
_bFirst Atria Books hardcover edition.
_dNew York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2016
_z9781476785516
_w(DLC) 2016001997
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949 _aGN772.2 .A1 V66 2016
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