Mammoth Boy

Mammoth Boy

It's around 15,000-12,000 BC, the Late Stone Age, and an orphan boy is surviving on the fringes of a hunters' camp. Aâ€ˆpassion to find mammoths has been ignited in him by Oldâ€ˆMother, the ancient crone who guards the camp fire and cares for him. In his travels to find the mammoths, he is adopted by a mysterious hunchback, Agaratz, who lives alone in a cave and is perhaps the last of a vanished people. Urrell learns survival and instinct as a stone-age hunter as well as gaining insight into the meaning of the cave paintings of deer, bison, mammoths and other creatures. The story culminates in a long journey to the Great Meet of the Clan Groups where rites de passage are held in caves, goods traded and mates secured. Time sometimes slips, and when the powers that Agaratz holds are transferred to Urrell, they will be a match for those of the leader of the rites, the horned shaman and his acolytes. But who will win? Mammoth Boy recreates the semi-magical world of the cave paintings seen through the mind of a boy growing into manhood. It was inspired by an archaelogical course in Spain and will appeal to young adults interested in archaeology and recreative pre-historical fiction.

Country	USA
Author	John Hart
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Troubador Publishing Ltd
EAN	9781780881744
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1780881746
Label	Troubador Publishing Ltd
Manufacturer	Troubador Publishing Ltd
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	248
PublicationDate	2012-06-01
Publisher	Troubador Publishing Ltd
Studio	Troubador Publishing Ltd
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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