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'Riddles of the Stone Age' - Jean McMann
Oct 28, 2010, 10:39
I recently visited a historic town of Arundel in West Sussex; to get out of the lashing rain I ducked into a second hand book shop. What a treasure trove - its ancient history and archaeology sections were vastly superior to anywhere like Waterstones.

I found Jean McMann's Riddles of the Stone Age - Rock Carvings of Ancient Europe published way back in 1980 by Thames & Hudson. It has 153 black and white illustrations - which seem to work well with rock art (did a bit of haggling on the price, just for fun).

It inspired me to take Stan Beckensall's book Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain down from the bookshelf and I now have the two placed together. Stan Beckensall's book looks fabulous with wonderful photographs by Brian Kerr and others - I shall read them in conjunction with each other.

Just to end with the famous quote from Shakespeare from As You Like It used in Acknowledgements of SB's book ..

And this our life, exempt from public haunt
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.

How wise!
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