Vere Gordon Childe (1892-1957) was one of the most prominent professors of Prehistoric Archaeology, with a rich body of written work. When Man Makes Himself was first published in 1936, it was considered a milestone in the study of prehistoric times.

Today, it is not only a classic work of archaeological literature but remains a valuable introduction to our knowledge of prehistory. Professor Vere Gordon Childe presents and analyzes the major discoveries that marked humanity's transition from the prehistoric world to history, revealing the connection between prehistory and history as a unified trajectory of human civilization.

Among them are irrigation, the plow, the domestication of animals, the wheel, the bow, and the solar calendar, writing, the alphabet, and the aqueduct.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]