Pre Historic Times As Illustrated By Ancient Remains, and the - Manners and Customs of Modern Savage

Klappentext An extremely influential archaeological textbook for prehistoric archaeology which developed and popularised the cultural evolution interpretation of archaeology. Zusammenfassung Sir John Lubbock was an English banker who was fascinated with biology and archaeology. First published in 1865! this volume introduced an evolutionary interpretation of archaeology where human cultures evolve to become more sophisticated over time. Lubbock's interpretation became an extremely influential social theory which was adopted by contemporary archaeologists. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. On the use of bronze in ancient times; 2. The Bronze Age; 3. The use of stone in ancient times; 4. Tumuli; 5. The lake-habitations of Switzerland; 6. The Danish Kjökkenmöddings of shell-mounds; 7. North American archaeology; 8. Cave-men; 9. The antiquity of man; 10. On the antiquity of man continued; 11. Modern savages; 12. Modern savages continued; 13. Modern savages conclusion; 14. Concluding remarks; Index.

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• Authors: Lubbock John, John Lubbock, Lubbock John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2010
• EAN: 9781108017213
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01721-3
• No. of pages: 548
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Prehistoric archaeology