{"product_id":"prehistoric-man-researches-into-the-origin-of-civilisation-in-the-old-and-the-new-world-paperback-9781108054850","title":"Prehistoric Man; Researches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108054850","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\"\u003e9781108054850, 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\"\u003e512 pages, 44 b\/w illus.  1 colour illus.\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 2 covers topics ranging from ceramic arts to the influence of interbreeding and migration upon civilisations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e16. Narcotic arts and superstitions\u003cbr\u003e 17. Primitive architecture: megalithic\u003cbr\u003e 18. The ceramic art: pottery\u003cbr\u003e 19. The intellectual instinct: letters\u003cbr\u003e 20. Ante-Columbian traces: colonization\u003cbr\u003e 21. The American cranial type\u003cbr\u003e 22. Artificial cranial distortion\u003cbr\u003e 23. The red blood of the West\u003cbr\u003e 24. The intrusive races\u003cbr\u003e 25. Ethnographic hypotheses: migrations\u003cbr\u003e 26. Guesses at the age of man\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\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":46266112409880,"sku":"9781108054850","price":33.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108054850i.jpg?v=1696747214","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/prehistoric-man-researches-into-the-origin-of-civilisation-in-the-old-and-the-new-world-paperback-9781108054850","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}