The Time Before History

The Time Before History
Author: Colin Tudge
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1997-01-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0684830523

Chronicles the period in evolution during which human beings progressed from simians to hominids, citing the pivotal roles of climate, ecology, and geological movements while predicitng future changes.

Time before History

Time before History
Author: H. Trawick Ward
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2018-06-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 146964777X

North Carolina's written history begins in the sixteenth century with the voyages of Sir Walter Raleigh and the founding of the ill-fated Lost Colony on Roanoke Island. But there is a deeper, unwritten past that predates the state's recorded history. The region we now know as North Carolina was settled more than 10,000 years ago, but because early inhabitants left no written record, their story must be painstakingly reconstructed from the fragmentary and fragile archaeological record they left behind. Time before History is the first comprehensive account of the archaeology of North Carolina. Weaving together a wealth of information gleaned from archaeological excavations and surveys carried out across the state--from the mountains to the coast--it presents a fascinating, readable narrative of the state's native past across a vast sweep of time, from the Paleo-Indian period, when the first immigrants to North America crossed a land bridge that spanned the Bering Strait, through the arrival of European traders and settlers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Once Before Time

Once Before Time
Author: Martin Bojowald
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0307474550

In his introduction to a revolutionary theory of the cosmos, Martin Bojowald shows how the big bang theory may give way to the big bounce theory, which describes our universe as an eternal series of expansions and contractions, with no beginning and no end. In 2000, Bojowald, then a twenty-seven-year-old postdoctoral student at Pennsylvania State University, used a relatively new theory called loop quantum gravity—a cunning combination of Einstein’s theory of gravity with quantum mechanics—to create a simple model of the universe. Loop quantum cosmology, or LQC, was born, and with it, a theory that managed to do something even Einstein’s general theory of relativity had failed to do—illuminate the very birth of the universe.

The Search for the Great Valley

The Search for the Great Valley
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1988
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780448093574

Join Littlefoot, the long-neck, and his friends as they search for the Great Valley, where food and water are abundant and life is peaceful.

Time and History in the Ancient Near East

Time and History in the Ancient Near East
Author: Lluis Feliu
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 861
Release: 2013-06-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1575068567

In July, 2010, the International Association for Assyriology met in Barcelona, Spain, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “Time and History in the Ancient Near East.” This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 70 of the papers read at the 56th annual Rencontre, including the papers from several workshop sessions on “architecture and archaeology,” “early Akkadian and its Semitic context,” “ Hurrian language,” “law in the ancient Near East,” “Middle Assyrian texts and studies,” and a variety of additional papers not directly related to the conference theme. The photo on the back cover shows only a representative portion of the attendees, who were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the University of Barcelona.

Bugs Before Time

Bugs Before Time
Author: Cathy Camper
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780689820922

Did you know that for every pound of people on earth, there are 300 pounds of insects? Or that millions of years ago some of these bugs actually weighed that much? Well, during prehistoric times, before dinosaurs ruled the earth, bugs did; and just like today the seas, skies, and lands were covered by these creepy-crawlers. There were dragonflies with wings that reached a yard across in length, and millipedes that grew to over six feet long! But what is even more fascinating is the fact that all of these creatures in some form or another learned to adapt and survive to become the insects and sea beasts of today. In this fully illustrated picture book, readers will be captivated by the detailed information of prehistoric insects, arachnids, and their relatives. Chock-full of facts about fossil formation, insect evolution, flight theories, and geologic time, Bugs Before Time will mesmerize entomologists of all ages. Author Cathy Camper's absorbing text, and artist Steve Kirk's extraordinary paintings combine to re-create a world where giants reigned.

Pterapunzel (Once Before Time Book 3)

Pterapunzel (Once Before Time Book 3)
Author: Christy Webster
Publisher: Once Before Time
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-05-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781524858230

Pterapunzel loves to sing, but a mean witch tries to keep her from sharing her songs! From Epic! Originals, Once Before Time is a playful board book series of fairy tales reimagined from a time long ago . . . with dinosaurs! In this prehistoric retelling of the classic story, Pterapunzel is held captive by a witch who wants Pterapunzel's beautiful songs all to herself. When the unthinkable happens, Pterapunzel must find the strength to fly and be reunited with her bagpiper friend!

The Land Before Time

The Land Before Time
Author: Amblin Entertainment
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1989-06-29
Genre: Dinosaurs
ISBN: 9780448093550

Long ago, before the first humans, the dinosaur Littlefoot was born. Follow his journey as he searches for the Great Valley, where food and water are abundant and life is peaceful.

Before Time Began

Before Time Began
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9788874398768

- Overview of the Aboriginal Art, focusing on the first large-scale exhibition staged by the Fondation Opale (Switzerland)The common thread running right through this work is man's link with the land, the legacy of the ancestors that still echoes in the present. It is no accident that Before Time Began is one of the expressions used by Aboriginal artists in central Australia to refer to the creation of the world, in an oneiric sense. Understanding and following this underlying bond enables the reader to explore the art's narrative content in its association with dreams and the passage of time, elements that inevitably distinguish the temporal dimension in the different societies. But it is also a way of exploring the first stirrings of contemporary art in an Aboriginal context through works made at the beginning of the 1970s in Arnhem Land and in the territory of the Papunya, as well as more recent paintings by artists living in the APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara). These last examples in particular highlight the fusion between contemporary art and traditional customs, in which ancestral knowledge is fused with elements drawn from the inevitable march of progress. This book is published to complement an exhibition due to begin in June 2019. For more, visit http: //fondationopale.ch/en/index.html