Chronological Period/Prehistoric
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What Is Paleolithic Art?: Cave Paintings and the Dawn of Human Creativity
$36.67 Add to cartWas it a trick of the light that drew our Stone Age ancestors into caves to paint in charcoal and red hematite, to watch the heads of lions, likenesses of bison, horses, and aurochs in the reliefs of … [more below]
- Author: Clottes, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 19 2016
- ISBN10: 022626663X
- Language: English
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The Earth: Biography of Life: The Story of Life on Our Planet Through 50 Creatures
$35.00 Read moreIt is difficult to conceive of the vast scale of the history of life on Earth, from the very first living organisms that developed in hydrothermal deep-sea vents to the diversity of life today. The ev… [more below]
- Author: Panciroli, Elsa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1529413982
- Language: English
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Noah’s Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries about the Event That Changed History
$19.99 Add to cartOver the millennia, the legend of a great deluge has endured in the biblical story of Noah and in such Middle Eastern myths as the epic of Gilgamesh. Now two distinguished geophysicists have discovere… [more below]
- Author: Ryan, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 25 2000
- ISBN10: 0684859203
- Language: English
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Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
$28.00 Read more“Kindred is important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.”–The New York Times Book Review
“[A] bold and magnificent at- Author: Sykes, Rebecca Wragg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 147293749X
- Language: English
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The Cannibal’s Cookbook: Mining Myths of Cyclopean Constructions
$24.95 Add to cartThe Cannibal’s Cookbook fiercely consumes the body of past cyclopean constructions. It assembles, re-packages, and offers this latent knowledge for your contemporary consumption. It is a manual for th… [more below]
- Author: Clifford, Brandon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 195154143X
- Language: English
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Cahokia Mounds: America’s First City
$23.99 Add to cartAbout one thousand years ago, a phenomenon occurred in a fertile tract of Mississippi River flood plain known today as the “American Bottom.” This phenomenon came to be called Cahokia Mounds, America’
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Iseminger, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 03 2010
- ISBN10: 1596297344
- Language: English
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Storied Stone: Indian Rock Art in the Black Hills Country
$24.95 Add to cartAncient petroglyphs and paintings on rocky cliffs and cave walls preserve the symbols and ideas of American Indian cultures. From scenes of human-to-animal transformations found in petroglyphs dating
- Author: Sundstrom, Linea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: November 10 2021
- ISBN10: 0806135964
- Language: English
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Predators: A Smithsonian Coloring Book
$16.99 Read moreGo on the hunt with your favorite predators! The Smithsonian Institution presents another awe-inspiring coloring book showcasing some of the fiercest adversaries from the animal kingdom.
Guided by exp- Author: Smithsonian Institution
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1684059186
- Language: English
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Age of Pterosaurs
$29.95 Read moreRevisit the ancient world of flying creatures, and see them soar overhead in this detailed guide to the rulers of the skies. Discover the time of pterosaurs and watch as they develop the power of flig… [more below]
- Series: Pnso Field Guide to the Ancient World #2
- Author: Yang, Yang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1612545297
- Language: English
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People of Chaco: A Canyon and Its Culture (Revised)
$30.99 Add to cartIn northwestern New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon lies a spectacular array of ruins. Like Stonehenge, they are both a monument to our pre-history and a cryptic puzzle. We know that in Chaco Canyon, one thousa
- Author: Frazier, Kendrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0393318257
- Language: English
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Discovering the Prehistoric World: A Guide to the Astonishing Forms of Early Life on Earth
$19.99 Read moreRenowned natural history author, Marianne Taylor, reveals mysteries of the ancient Earth, from the origins of life to the reign of the dinosaurs and the ice age, in a fascinating 3.8 billion year hist
- Series: Discovering…
- Author: Taylor, Marianne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1398830534
- Language: English
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Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy
$39.95 Add to cartThe most authoritative illustrated book on flying reptiles available
For 150 million years, the skies didn’t belong to birds–they belonged to the pterosaurs. These flying reptiles, which include the- Author: Witton, Mark P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 23 2013
- ISBN10: 0691150613
- Language: English
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Indian Rock Art of the Southwest
$49.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive view of carvings and paintings on stone by Native Americans from 200 B.C. through the nineteenth century surveys the rock art of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico, and west
- Series: School of American Research Southwest Indian Arts
- Author: Schaafsma, Polly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 393
- Publish Date: July 01 1986
- ISBN10: 0826309135
- Language: English
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Dinosaurs: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-To-Use Guide
$7.99 Read moreDinosaurs have long been a source of speculation. This beautifully illustrated guide includes:
– Fascinating facts about these animals that ruled the earth for more than 100 million years – Key featur- Series: Golden Guide from St. Martin’s Press
- Author: Gaffney, Eugene S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 14 2001
- ISBN10: 1582381372
- Language: English
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The Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture
$27.95 Read moreThe Cradle of Humanity: Prehistoric Art and Culture collects essays and lectures by Georges Bataille spanning thirty years of research in anthropology, comparative religion, aesthetics, and philosophy
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Bataille, Georges
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: March 13 2009
- ISBN10: 1890951560
- Language: English
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
$14.95 Add to cartAn insider’s view on bringing extinct species back to life
Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary- Series: Princeton Science Library #107
- Author: Shapiro, Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0691209006
- Language: English
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Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
$18.99 Read moreFaced with an endless supply of mass-manufactured products, we find ourselves nostalgic for goods bearing the mark of authenticity–hand-made tools, local brews, and other objects produced by human ha
- Author: Langlands, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0393356574
- Language: English
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Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
$18.99 Add to cartA preeminent geneticist, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in medicine, hunts the Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes to answer the biggest question of them all: how did our ancestors become human?
Neander- Author: Pääbo, Svante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 24 2015
- ISBN10: 0465054951
- Language: English
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The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest
$18.99 Add to cartIn this thrilling story of intellectual and archaeological discovery, David Roberts recounts his last twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock art panels
- Author: Roberts, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 25 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352331
- Language: English
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Age of Dinosaurs
$29.95 Add to cartBrimming with details of a world before our time, Age of Dinosaurs is the perfect book for anyone interested in the evolution of dinosaurs over millions of years. Beautiful illustrations transport rea… [more below]
- Series: Pnso Field Guide to the Ancient World #1
- Author: Yang, Yang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1612545289
- Language: English
