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Elizabeth Wayland Barber: Women's Work (1995, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.) 4 stars

Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun …

Review of "Women's Work" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This really helped consolidate my knowledge of the development of human civilization. Its use of language along with archeological evidence reinforces the research I've pursued on language origins.

As a world builder of science fiction and fantasy, this story fills in the rest of the story that stone & metallic artifacts do not disclose. Moreover, the author gets hands on and reconstructs the crafts of the past. Altogether, it is a brilliant endeavor.