Prehistory
Prehistory
A Study of Early Cultures in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
M. C. Burkitt
January 2012
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Originally published in 1921, this book was written to provide students with a general introduction to prehistoric societies. It discusses the various early civilizations of Europe and North Africa, taking into account both historical and geological perspectives in a broad narrative of human cultural development. Numerous illustrative figures are also provided, together with an index, a glossary of terms, and a detailed bibliography. Highly detailed, this book will be of value to anyone with an interest in prehistory and archaeology.
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January 2012Paperback
9781107696846
460 pages
234 × 156 × 24 mm
0.64kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Glossary of terms
- Archaeological divisions
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Geological conditions
- 3. Man in relation to geology
- 4. Flint, flint fracture and Palaeolithic tools
- 5. Eoliths
- 6. Lower Palaeolithic civilisations
- 7. Mousterian civilisation or Middle Palaeolithic times
- 8. The Upper Palaeolithic age
- 9. The Aurignacian age
- 10. The Solutrean age
- 11. The Magdalenian age
- 12. Azilian, Tardenoisean, and the transition to the Neolithic
- 13. The Neolithic and Bronze Ages
- 14. Prehistoric man
- 15. Cave art
- 16. Decorated objects from the deposits themselves
- 17. Characters indicated in the various species of animals figured by Palaeolithic man
- 18. Distribution of art in France
- 19. Distribution of art in north Spain
- 20. Eastern Spanish art
- 21. Neolithic and Bronze age art
- 22. Equivalents amongst modern primitive peoples, and the raison d'être of prehistoric art
- Bibliography
- Plates
- Index.
