Before Farming - A Guide to Prehistoric Wales 300,000-4,000BC

Author: Julian Heath

ISBN: 9781845274566

Publication Date: 23 October 2013

Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst

Format: Paperback, 215x138 mm, 176 pages

Language: English

In this enjoyable, entertaining and well-researched book, Julian Heath writes of the lives of the Neanderthals in Wales and Europe and in Mesolithic sites in Wales, and examines the Paviland 'Red Lady' find of 1822, hunter-gatherer communities, bead factories, and footprints - animal and human.

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Author Biography:

Julian Heath was born in Liverpool and was educated at Liverpool University, where he studied Archaeology. It was here that his ongoing fascination with life in prehistoric Britain was founded and he has a particular interest in the prehistoric archaeology of north-western Wales.

He has previously written Ancient Echoes (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2006), Warfare in Prehistoric Britain (Amberley, 2009) and Sacred Circles (Llygad Gwalch, 2011).

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The author brings to life people who lived so long ago, and also employs new data and new scientific research in his highlighting of Wales’ internationally important sites.