Folklore of Fossils Part I

Bibliographic Data

ID3553590
AuthorsKenneth P Oakley (corresponding author), Kenneth Oakley
Year1965
Volume39
Issue153
Pages9-16
Publication date1965-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00031367
OpenAlexW4239621637
LanguageEN
Citations received15

Culture includes not only the material products of a human society, but also its non-productive acts and practices. Yet it is these of which we can know so little in regard to prehistoric peoples. However, there is one class of natural objects which, although as a general rule having no obvious practical value, have been noticed, picked up and evidently regarded with some interest since the earliest times: fossils. Certain types of fossil have attracted more attention than others, probably because they are both fairly common and of striking appearance. It occurred to me that it would be worth while attempting to gauge what kinds of ideas may have been associated with such fossils in the various stages of culture

Archaeology · Folklore · Natural (archaeology) · Prehistory · Value (mathematics) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Mathematics

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