Finding Time For The Old Stone Age: A History O... -

Analyzing the fossilized remains of ancient fauna.

Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britain, 1860-1960 Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History o...

To define the "Old Stone Age" as a distinct prehistoric period. John Lubbock (1865) To distinguish the "New Stone Age" from the earlier era. Go to product viewer dialog for this item. Analyzing the fossilized remains of ancient fauna

The book centers on the mid-19th-century discovery of stone implements found alongside the remains of extinct animals. These finds proved humans were far older than previously believed, but determining exactly how old required reconciling several "clocks": Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History o...