The Lying Stones of Sussex
An Investigation into the Role of the Flint Tools in the Development of the Piltdown Forgery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11612523 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Mcnabb (0000-0002-1841-4864, Department of Archaeology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 163 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-41 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00665983.2006.11020667 |
| OpenAlex | W2077023232 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
The Piltdown forgery was an attempt to fabricate an ancient human ancestor, as well as the world that it came from. An important part of substantiating that world was to fabricate the material culture of Eoanthropus dawsoni, the Piltdown Man. This paper looks at the flint tools from the Piltdown site. They reveal important clues as to how the forger perpetrated the hoax, and why certain types of artefact were included, while others were omitted. This is the first time the lithics from the hoax have been comprehensively examined since the exposure of the forgery
Ancestor · Archaeology · Genealogy · Hoax · Lying · History · Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century · Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |