The Museum of the Wood Age

By Max Adams

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 Age investigates 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788543513
• ISBN13: 9781788543514
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Apollo Publishing International
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.8"