Living in the Ice Age

About this book

Living in the Ice Age takes you on a journey through life in Ice Age Europe, and the things you'd need to know to survive. This book looks at the daily life of biologically modern humans from about 40,000 to 12,000 years ago, a time when the climate and environment were changing rapidly. Explore the types of houses, food, clothes and toys people created in the Ice Age to see whether you would have liked to live back then.

Contents

Foreword by Chris Packham

Welcome to the Ice Age

What did people look like?

Where did people live?

Case study: Two boys from Sunghir

Ice Age food

Were people fit and healthy?

Did our Ice Age ancestors look after their sick and disabled?

Making clothes during the Ice Age

Jewellery and craftwork

Drawing on rocks and cave walls

Was every day a play-day or a school-day for children in the Ice Age?

Did children have toys to play with?

Dogs as hunting aids and pets

Are we able to learn anything from our Ice Age ancestors?

Archaeological methods

Glossary

Questions

Customer Reviews

Biography

Elle Clifford began her career lecturing in social and developmental psychology and researching stress and women's reproductive health. She published over a dozen academic papers on these topics. She then acquired a Master's degree in prehistory at York University with a thesis on cave art and mythological worlds. In recent years, Elle has accompanied Paul on visits to more than 50 of the most important decorated caves. They have co-authored two papers on the so-called 'Lion Man' figurine of the Ice Age.

Paul Bahn has a PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University, and for decades has been an independent researcher, writing and editing a wide range of archaeological books, including several on Ice Age art. He also lectures on numerous tours to the decorated Ice Age caves.

Chris Packham is well renowned as a naturalist, television presenter, writer, photographer, conservationist, campaigner and filmmaker.