Lake Habitations and Pre-Historic Remains in the Turbaries and Marl-Beds of Northern and Central Italy

An 1865 English translation of reports of artefacts discovered at Stone Age and Bronze Age settlements south of the Alps.

Bartolomeo Gastaldi (Author), Charles Harcourt Chambers (Translated by)

9781108080286, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 March 2015

154 pages, 39 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 0.9 cm, 0.2 kg

The son of a Turin lawyer, Bartolomeo Gastaldi (1818–79) initially followed in his father's footsteps but then abandoned the law to pursue his passion for geology and palaeontology. Later one of the founders of the Italian Alpine Club, Gastaldi was especially interested in the geology and glaciology of the Alps in his native Piedmont. The mineral gastaldite is named after him. This work, first published in Italian in 1862, is reissued here in the 1865 English translation prepared by Charles Harcourt Chambers (1826–76) for the Anthropological Society of London. Its importance lies in the meticulous descriptions, by Gastaldi and others, of the human remains and artefacts discovered at Stone Age and Bronze Age settlements on the site of lakes and peat bogs to the south of the Alps. Featuring engraved illustrations throughout, the work also includes Gastaldi's summary of discoveries since his book's first appearance.

Preface by the editor
Introduction to the edition of 1862
Objects of high antiquity discovered in Italy
Plates
Index.

Subject Areas: Prehistoric archaeology [HDDA]