Volume 20, Number 14 · September 20, 1973
The Mysterious Moon Marks
By Charles B.M. McBurney
The Roots of Civilization
by Alexander Marshack
McGraw-Hill, 413 pp., $17.50
Some forty years ago a revered and internationally known scholar gave it as his opinion to the writer that within a few years all interest in prehistory would be dead. 'It has shot its bolt, it is already on the decline,' he said. Nothing could have been further from the truth. At a rough guess, between fifty and one hundred books on prehistory are now being published for every one that appeared forty years ago. But if this is an indication of public interest the question of scientific quality is another matter. As anyone who has watched the style of recent publications must be aware, there has been a marked shift in character and content, especially noticeable over the past decade. The book under review is no exception.
Review, 3493 words
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