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Pre-historic times, as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages

Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · 1892 · New York, D. Appleton and company · 151 pictures

John Lubbock's survey of Stone Age archaeology and comparative ethnography, first issued in 1865 and reprinted by D. Appleton in New York in 1892 for general and scientific readers. The 153 figures are wood engravings of flint tools, pottery, bone implements and burial sites, drawn in dense hatching and stipple that renders chipped stone surfaces as usable silhouettes and textures.

Archaeology · Indigenous peoples

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