Pre-historic Times as Illustrated by Ancient Remains

And the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages

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ID23769629
AuthorsJohn Lubbock (corresponding author)
Year2010
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePre-Historic Times As Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511698453
OpenAlexW4251015488
ISBN9780511698453
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Sir John Lubbock (1834–1915) was an English banker who was fascinated with biology and archaeology. He was a close friend of Charles Darwin and a prolific writer who made influential contributions to both of these fields, being appointed the President of the Linnaean Society between 1881–1886. First published in 1865, it was written as a textbook of prehistoric archaeology. It became one of the most influential and popular archaeological books of the nineteenth century, being reissued in seven editions between 1865 and 1913. In this volume Lubbock develops an evolutionary interpretation of archaeology, using prehistoric material remains as evidence that human cultures become more sophisticated over time. He also introduces the division of prehistory, coining the terms Palaeolithic and Neolithic to subdivide the Stone Age. Lubbock's interpretation of cultural evolution was an extremely influential social theory which was widely adopted by contemporary archaeologists and anthropologists.

Archaeology · Coining (mint) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Megalith · Prehistory · Sociology · Anthropology · Classics · Historical Architecture and Urbanism · History · History of Science and Natural History · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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