by Jean Clottes · Livros do Brasil · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789723826456
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«A Pré-História Explicada aos meus Netos» is a popular science essay by Jean Clottes, published by Livros do Brasil in paperback (80 pages, in Portuguese).
Jean Clottes talks with his grandchildren to bring them closer to the world of prehistory: he explains how the first humans lived and evolved, the tools they made, their relationship with the environment, and the art they created, such as handprints and cave paintings.
Published in April 2003, the book falls under the categories of history and children's and young adult. ISBN 9723826453.
Aimed at young readers, it can serve as school support and for shared family reading.
Jean Clottes is a prominent French prehistorian. He was born in the French Pyrenees in 1933 and began to study archaeology in 1959, while teaching high school. He initially focused on Neolithic dolmens, which were the topic of his 1975 Ph.D. thesis at the University of Toulouse. After being appointed director of prehistoric antiquities for the Midi-Pyrénées in 1971, he began to study prehistoric cave art in order to fulfill the responsibilities of that position. In the following years he led a series of excavations of prehistoric sites in the region. In 1992, he was named General Inspector for Archaeology at the French Ministry of Culture; in 1993 he was appointed Scientific Advisor for prehistoric rock art at the French Ministry of Culture. He formally retired in 1999, but remains an active contributor to the field.
