Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain by John Evans

Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain by John Evans

Combining a very active career as a prosperous paper manufacturer with the pursuit of various antiquarian interests, Sir John Evans (1823 1908) began the study of geology in the context of a court case over water rights for his paper mills, but extended his interests to the artefacts found in gravel beds in Britain, and in the Somme valley in France. This work was published in 1872, and was translated into French soon afterwards. Heavily illustrated, it describes stone implements from the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods, including weapons, tools and ornaments, from cave and river-bed deposits as well as settlement sites. Evans also continued to research fossils, and was highly respected as a numismatist. He was a fellow of the Royal Society, the Geological Society, and the Society of Antiquaries. His son Arthur Evans (1851 1941) discovered the Minoan civilisation of Crete.

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ISBN 13	9781108081481
ISBN 10	1108081487
Title	Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain
Author	John Evans
Series	Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2015-03-05
Number of pages	664
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