{"product_id":"prehistoric-man-researches-into-the-origin-of-civilisation-in-the-old-and-the-new-world-paperback-9781108054843","title":"Prehistoric Man; Researches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108054843","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrehistoric Man\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eResearches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1862, a seminal two-volume work in the study of early man and civilisation, using archaeological and anthropological advances.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel Wilson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108054843, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 November 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e516 pages, 25 b\/w illus.  1 colour illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Scottish archaeologist and anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816–92) spent the latter part of his life in Canada. Published in 1862, this is a seminal work in the study of early man in which Wilson utilises studies of native tribes 'still seen there in a condition which seems to reproduce some of the most familiar phases ascribed to the infancy of the unhistoric world'. He believed that civilisations initially developed in mild climates and judged the Mayans to have been the most advanced civilisation in the New World. Twentieth-century anthropologist Bruce Trigger argued that Wilson 'interpreted evidence about human behaviour in a way that is far more in accord with modern thinking than are the racist views of Darwin and Lubbock', and it is in this light that this two-volume work can be judged. Volume 1 covers such important areas as the development and use of metals and 'the architectural instinct'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The old world and the new\u003cbr\u003e 3. The primeval occupation: speech\u003cbr\u003e 4. The primeval transition: instinct\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Promethean instinct: fire\u003cbr\u003e 6. The maritime instinct: the canoe\u003cbr\u003e 7. The technological instinct: tools\u003cbr\u003e 8. The metallurgic instinct: copper\u003cbr\u003e 9. The metallurgic arts: alloys\u003cbr\u003e 10. The architectural instinct: earthworks\u003cbr\u003e 11. The hereafter: sepulchral mounds\u003cbr\u003e 12. Propitiation: sacrificial mounds\u003cbr\u003e 13. Commemoration: symbolic mounds\u003cbr\u003e 14. Progress: native civilisation\u003cbr\u003e 15. The artistic instinct: imitation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Prehistoric archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Prehistoric archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Prehistoric%20archaeology%20%5BHDDA%5D%22\"\u003eHDDA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266109985048,"sku":"9781108054843","price":37.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108054843i.jpg?v=1696747225","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/prehistoric-man-researches-into-the-origin-of-civilisation-in-the-old-and-the-new-world-paperback-9781108054843","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}