Wine sellers, diamond merchants, clerks, and papermakers all proposed competing timescales.
Studying the layers of the Earth and Quaternary deposits. Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History o...
O'Connor highlights that the history of this field was built not just by professors and museum keepers, but by a "colourful cast" of everyday professionals: Wine sellers, diamond merchants, clerks, and papermakers all
To define the "Old Stone Age" as a distinct prehistoric period. John Lubbock (1865) To distinguish the "New Stone Age" from the earlier era. Go to product viewer dialog for this item. Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History o...
Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britain, 1860-1960
Categorizing the evolution of stone tool technologies. Key Themes and Characters