24 Hours in the Stone Age
Published on 12. March 2026
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-83604-664-6 (ISBN)
Description
Join a young cave-dweller for a day as she goes hunting, makes her own stone tools and creates amazing cave art.
Learn all about the dangers of life in the Stone Age, what makes a good shelter and what edible plants can be gathered in the wild.
- Told in a lively comic book style
- Perfect for school projects
- Written with consultation from leading experimental archaeologist, Dr. James Dilley
Chapters in this book include:
- A new day
- Stone-Age homes
- Fishing for breakfast
- Back home
- A guide to foraged food
- Making fire
- Preparing to go hunting
- Hunting ritual
- Tracking lessons
- A guide to dangerous animals
- The hunt
- Flintknapping
- Dinnertime
- Spare time
- A guide to cave painting
- Making plans
- In the night
- Stone-Age treasures
Learn all about the dangers of life in the Stone Age, what makes a good shelter and what edible plants can be gathered in the wild.
- Told in a lively comic book style
- Perfect for school projects
- Written with consultation from leading experimental archaeologist, Dr. James Dilley
Chapters in this book include:
- A new day
- Stone-Age homes
- Fishing for breakfast
- Back home
- A guide to foraged food
- Making fire
- Preparing to go hunting
- Hunting ritual
- Tracking lessons
- A guide to dangerous animals
- The hunt
- Flintknapping
- Dinnertime
- Spare time
- A guide to cave painting
- Making plans
- In the night
- Stone-Age treasures
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83604-664-6 (9781836046646)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Lan joined Usborne after working as a bookseller. She absolutely loves learning about anything and everything. She has lived in China, attempted to create the perfect aquarium biotope, studied Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge University, and can hit an archery target from 100 feet away. Lan has always loved collecting knowledge and as many weird facts as possible, so working for Usborne really is a dream job!
Content
Chapters in this book include:
- A new day
- Stone-Age homes
- Fishing for breakfast
- Back home
- A guide to foraged food
- Making fire
- Preparing to go hunting
- Hunting ritual
- Tracking lessons
- A guide to dangerous animals
- The hunt
- Flintknapping
- Dinnertime
- Spare time
- A guide to cave painting
- Making plans
- In the night
- Stone-Age treasures
- A new day
- Stone-Age homes
- Fishing for breakfast
- Back home
- A guide to foraged food
- Making fire
- Preparing to go hunting
- Hunting ritual
- Tracking lessons
- A guide to dangerous animals
- The hunt
- Flintknapping
- Dinnertime
- Spare time
- A guide to cave painting
- Making plans
- In the night
- Stone-Age treasures