Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1: The Discovery of Ice Age Art
2: The Oldest 'Art' in the World
3: A Worldwide Phenomenon
4: Making a Record
5: How Old is the Art?
6: Fakes and Forgeries
7: Portable Art
8: Blocks, Rock-Shelters, and Caves
9: Art in the Open Air
10: What Was Depicted?
11: Reading the Messages
12: Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

About the Author

Paul G. Bahn is a leading writer, lecturer, translator, and broadcaster in the field of archaeology. In 2003, he led the team that discovered the first Ice Age cave art in England, at Creswell Crags in Nottinghamshire. He has been freelance since the mid-80s and regularly leads lecture tours to, among other places, the famous decorated caves of Europe.

Reviews

`This monumental, superbly illustrated tome does not shrink from controversy'
Lawrence Guy Straus