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  • The Invisible Sex

    Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory

    by J. M. Adovasio, Olga Soffer, Jake Page ...
    "This jauntily written, highly convincing analysis . . . argues that women of prehistory were pivotal in a wide range of culture-building endeavors." — Publishers WeeklyShaped by cartoons and museum dioramas, our vision of Paleolithic times tends to feature fur-clad male hunters fearlessly attacking mammoths while timid women hover fearfully behind a boulder. In fact, recent research has shown ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The World at 18 000 BP

    Volume 2, Low Latitudes

    Edited by Clive Gamble, Olga Soffer ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Involving contributions from archaeology, geology, ethnography, anthropology and prehistory, The World at 18 000 BP: Low Latitudes (second of the two volumes, and originally published in 1990) surveys the world scene 18,000 years ago. Following an introduction (common to the two volumes) on the diversity of human adaptations at the last glacial maximum, Volume 1 covers high latitudes: Europe, Asia ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The World at 18 000 BP

    Volume 1, High Latitudes

    Edited by Olga Soffer, Clive Gamble ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Involving contributions from archaeology, geology, ethnography, anthropology and prehistory, The World at 18 000 BP: High Latitudes (first of the two volumes, and originally published in 1990) surveys the world scene 18,000 years ago. Following an introduction (common to the two volumes) on the diversity of human adaptations at the last glacial maximum, Volume 1 covers high latitudes: Europe, Asia ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Invisible Sex

    Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory

    by J. M. Adovasio, Olga Soffer, Jake Page ...
    Shaped by cartoons and museum dioramas, our vision of Paleolithic times tends to feature fur-clad male hunters fearlessly attacking mammoths while timid women hover fearfully behind a boulder. Recent archaeological research has shown that this vision bears little relation to reality. J. M. Adovasio and Olga Soffer, two of the world's leading experts on perishable artifacts such as basketry, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • From Kostenki to Clovis

    Upper Paleolithic—Paleo-Indian Adaptations

    Edited by Olga Soffer, N.D. Praslov ...
    Series series Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
    From the American Side I went to the USSR for the first time in 1982 to attend the 11th meeting of the International Union for Quaternary research (INQUA) held at the Moscow State University. At that time relations between our two countries were anything but congenial and many restrictions were placed on our viewing the archaeological and paleontological collections and labora tory facilities. ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

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  • Time in Maps

    From the Age of Discovery to Our Digital Era

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  • The Delusions of Crowds

    Why People Go Mad in Groups

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  • Patterns in Nature

    Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does

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    The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan

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