The Age of the Gods: a study in the origins of culture in prehistoric Europe and the ancient near east ISBN: 9780813219783 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Catholic University of America Press Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Civilization Ancient; Prehistoric peoples;
When first published in 1928, The Age of the Gods was hailed as the best short account of what is known of pre-historic man and culture. In it, Christopher Dawson synthesized modern scholarship on human cultures in Europe and the East from the Stone Age to the beginnings of the Iron Age.