The Museum of the Wood Age [Paperback]

A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood  the material that shaped human history.

Wood  humankind's long-term partner in our evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny  has no equal in strength, resilience, adaptability and availability.

The Museum of the Wood Ageinvestigates the influence of basic devices  wedge, inclined plane, screw, lever, wheel, axle and pulley  to reveal the myriad ways in which wood has been worked throughout human history. From the simple bivouacs of hunter-gatherers to sophisticated wooden buildings such as stave churches; from the decorative arts to the humble woodworking of rustic furniture; Max Adams fashions a lattice of interconnected stories and objects that trace a path of human ingenuity across half a million years of history.

Max Adamsis a writer, archaeologist and woodsman whose work explores themes of landscape, knowledge and human connectedness with the earth. He is the author ofAdmiral Collingwood,Aelfred's Britain,Trees of Life, the bestsellingThe King in the North,In the Land of GiantsandThe First Kingdom. He has lived and worked in the North East of England since 1993.
Max Adamsis a writer, archaeologist and woodsman whose work explores themes of landscape, knowledge and human connectedness with the earth. He is the author ofAdmiral Collingwood,Aelfred's Britain,Trees of Life, the bestsellingThe King in the North,In the Land of GiantsandThe First Kingdom. He has lived and worked in the North East of England since 1993.

A refreshing paean to the power of both nature and human ingenuity History Revealed

The Museum of the Wood Age really does achieve something different...Both Max Adam's wealth of experiencel“%