Long before the Sumerians pressed reeds into clay, humans may have already taken their first steps toward writing. Forty thousand years ago, in the depths of Ice Age caves, people began leaving behind ...

Whether they take the form of carved images, sculptured figurines, or elegant abstractions, artifacts produced in prehistoric times are rarely seen as artistic expressions in their own right. Rather, ...

In 2003 Britain's first Ice Age cave art was discovered at Creswell Crags. This title starts with the discovery of the art, places the Ice Age archaeology of the crags in a national context, draws on ...