The Testimony of the Spade

Large 8vo. foreword, list of 32 b&w plates, list of drawings, list of maps, The Idea of Time; I. The Antiquity of Man; II. The Retreat of the Ice; III. The Opening-Up of Europe; IV. On the Fringe of the Great Empires; conclusion, some remarks on reading, index. Third Printing, 1971. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "The first complete story, in the light of startling new discoveries, of the slow spread of a succession of 'barbarian' tribes north of the Alps, showing prehistory turning into history in the heartland of Europe." from the jacket flap.