Patrick Skene-Catling

The axeman cometh | 11 August 2016

Mankind was better off in the late Stone Age than now — which saw a flowering of talent, from monumental architecture to the carving of treasured ornaments and talismen

  • The Tale of the Axe: How the Neolithic Revolution Transformed Britain

    David Miles

    Thames & Hudson, pp. 426

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