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The subject of this book is the man of that new hemisphere which was revealed to Europe in 1492. There through all historic centuries he had lived apart, absolutely uninfluenced by any reflex of the civilisation of the Ancient World; and yet, as it appears, pursuing a course in many respects strikingly analogous to that by means of which the civilisation of Europe originated. The recognition of this is not only of value as an aid to the realisation of the necessary conditions through which man passed in reaching the stage at which he is found at the dawn of history; but it seems to point to the significant conclusion that civilisation is the development of capacities inherent in man.

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Preface; List of Illustrations; Introduction; The Primeval Transition; The Quarry; Bone & Shell Workers; Fire; The Canoe; Tools; The Metals; Alloys; The Mound-Builders; Sepulchral Mounds; Sacrificial Mounds; Symbolic Mounds; Native American Civilisation; Art Chroniclings; Index.

Prehistoric Man: Researches into the Origin of

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      Publisher Nova Science Publishers Inc
      Published 9 July 2020
      ISBN-13 9781536181630
      978-1536181630
      ISBN-10 1536181633
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      Archaeology by period / region Science & Nature Evolution / Evolutionary biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The subject of this book is the man of that new hemisphere which was revealed to Europe in 1492. There through all historic centuries he had lived apart, absolutely uninfluenced by any reflex of the civilisation of the Ancient World; and yet, as it appears, pursuing a course in many respects strikingly analogous to that by means of which the civilisation of Europe originated. The recognition of this is not only of value as an aid to the realisation of the necessary conditions through which man passed in reaching the stage at which he is found at the dawn of history; but it seems to point to the significant conclusion that civilisation is the development of capacities inherent in man.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; List of Illustrations; Introduction; The Primeval Transition; The Quarry; Bone & Shell Workers; Fire; The Canoe; Tools; The Metals; Alloys; The Mound-Builders; Sepulchral Mounds; Sacrificial Mounds; Symbolic Mounds; Native American Civilisation; Art Chroniclings; Index.

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