Book Description

Maltese Prehistoric Art 5000 - 2500 BC was Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti's 6th Exhibition and was accompanied by a catalogue raisonné of the same title. An Italian version of the publication is also available since the exhibition was also viewed at the Palazzo di Parte Guelfa in Florence. An important contribution to international archeological literature, the publication covers a wealth of discoveries which play a momentous roll in the study of human evolution. The pieces illustrated were excavated from, settlements, temples and hypogea, are of a personal, decorative, emotive and funerary nature and indicate prehistoric man's perception of the world around him. Contributor's to the publication are: Anthony Pace, Tancred Gouder, Giovanni Bonello, David Trump, John Evans, Caroline Malone, Simon Stoddart, Anthony Bonanno.