Before Civilization

The Refinement Of Radiocarbon Dating Using The Information Form Tree-ring Counts Has Raised Serious Doubts About The Accepted Theoretical Frameowkr Of European Prehistory. Monuments In Central And Western Europe Have Proved To Be Considerably Older Than Their Supposed Near-eastern Forerunners, And The Record Must Be Almost Completely Rewritten In The Light Of These New Dates. Before Civilsation Is A Preliminary Attempt To Do This With The Help Of Analogies From More Recent And Well-documented Primitive Societies. The More Glaring Inconsistencies In The Old Theory Are Re-examined And Professor Renfrew Shows Convincingly How The Baffling Monuments Of Prehistoric Europe, Like Stonehenge, Could Have Been Built Without Recourse To Help From The 'more Civilized' Near East.