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Tomb of the Eagles: Death and Life in a Stone Age Tribe First Edition
Author(s): John W. Hedges (Author)
- Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
- Publication Date: 21 April 1998
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 270 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780941533058
- ISBN-13: 0941533050
Book Description
In Tomb of the Eagles John Hedges describes vividly the activities of a tribe in Isbister in the Orkneys which had as its totem the magnificent white-tailed sea eagle.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Tomb of the Eagles is a masterpiece of combined research and theory.
“…A careful and convincing reconstruction of the organization of Stone Age society in the Orkneys.
The achievement of this study is that the people come alive, not by dramatic ploy or fantasy, but by the author”s careful excavation of a Stone Age tomb…”
