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A history of technology, Vol. 1
Charles Joseph Singer and Richard Raper
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Frontmatter
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, TABLES, AND MAPS (page xiii)
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS (page xli)
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES by F.E. ZEUNER, Professor of Environmental Archaeology in the University of London (page xlviii)
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MAPS (page lvii)
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PART I BASIC SOCIAL FACTORS (page 1)
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1. SKILL AS A HUMAN POSSESSION (KENNETH P. OAKLEY, Senior Principal Scientific Officer, British Museum (Natural History), page 1)
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2. EARLY FORMS OF SOCIETY (V. GORDON CHILDE, Professor of Prehistoric European Archaeology in the University of London, page 38)
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3. DISCOVERY, INVENTION, AND DIFFUSION (H. S. HARRISON, page 58)
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4. SPEECH AND LANGUAGE (A. SOMMERFELT, Professor of Generarl Philology in the University of Oslo, page 85)
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5. PRIMITIVE TIME-RECKONING (E. R. LEACH, Lecturer in Anthropology in the University of Cambridge, page 110)
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PART II FOOD-COLLECTING STAGE (page 128)
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6. WORKING STONE, BONE, AND WOOD (L. S. B. LEAKEY, Curator of the Coryndon Memorial Museum, Nairobi, Kenya, page 128)
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7. GRAPHIC AND PLASTIC ARTS (L. S. B. LEAKEY, page 144)
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8. FORAGING, HUNTING, AND FISHING (DARYLL FORDE, Professor of Anthropology in the University of London; Director, International African Institute, London, page 154)
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PART III DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES (page 187)
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9. ROTARY MOTION (V. GORDON CHILDE, page 187)
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10. FIRE-MAKING, FUEL, AND LIGHTING (H. S. HARRISON, page 216)
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11. CHEMICAL, CULINARY, AND COSMETIC ARTS (R. J. FORBES, Professor of Pure and Applied Sciences in Antiquity, University of Amsterdam, page 238)
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12. BUILDING IN WATTLE, WOOD, AND TURF (JOHN BRADFORD, Lecturer in Ethnology, University of Oxford, page 299)
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PART IV SPECIALIZING INDUSTRIES (page 327)
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13. DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS (F. E. ZEUNER, page 327)
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14. CULTIVATION OF PLANTS (F. E. ZEUNER, page 353)
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15. POTTERY (by the late SIR LINDSAY SCOTT, K.B.E, D.S.C., page 376)
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16. TEXTILES, BASKETRY, AND MATS (GRACE M. CROWFOOT, Munro Lecturer (Primitive Weaving) at the University of Edinburgh 1951, page 413)
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17. BUILDING IN BRICK AND STONE (SETON LLOYD, O.B.E., Director, British Institute of Archaeology, Ankara, page 456)
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18. DIFFERENTIATION OF NON-METALLIC TOOLS (S. M. COLE, Author of The Prehistory of East Africa, page 495)
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19. WATER-SUPPLY, IRRIGATION, AND AGRICULTURE (M. S. DROWER, M.B.E., Lecturer in Ancient History, University of London, page 520)
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PART V UTILIZATION OF METALS (page 558)
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20. MINING AND QUARRYING (C. N. BROMEHEAD, District Geologist for South-Eastern England on the staff of the Geological Survey and Museum, London, page 558)
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21. EXTRACTING, SMELTING, AND ALLOYING (R. J. FORBES, page 572)
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22. METAL IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS (H. H. COGHLAN, Curator, Newbury Museum, Berks., page 600)
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23. FINE METAL-WORK (HERBERT MARYON, Research Laboratory Attache and H. J. PLENDERLEITH, M.C., Keeper, Research Laboratory, British Museum, page 623)
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24. FINE IVORY-WORK (R. D. BARNETT, Deputy Keeper in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, page 663)
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25. FINE WOOD-WORK (CYRIL ALDRED, Assistant Keeper in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, page 684)
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PART VI TRANSPORT (page 704)
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26. LAND TRANSPORT WITHOUT WHEELS ROADS AND BRIDGES (S. M. COLE, page 704)
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27. WHEELED VEHICLES (V. GORDON CHILDE, page 716)
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28. BOATS AND SHIPS (ADRIAN DIGBY, Keeper of Ethnography, British Museum, page 730)
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PART VII THE PREPARATION FOR SCIENCE (page 744)
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29. RECORDING AND WRITING (S.H. HOOKE, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Studies, University of London, page 744)
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30. MEASURES AND WEIGHTS (F. G. SKINNER, O.B.E., Deputy Keeper, Science Museum, London, page 774)
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31. ANCIENT MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY (0. NEUGEBAUER, Professor of the History of Mathematics, Brown University, Rhode Island, U.S.A., page 785)
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INDEXES (page 805)
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PLATES
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AA | 25.1 (Jul. 1959): 130-132 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7316%28195907%2925%3A1%3C130%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0 |
ISIS | 46.3 (Sep. 1955): 294-296 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28195509%2946%3A3%3C294%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H |
AHR | 60.4 (Jul. 1955): 863-865 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28195507%2960%3A4%3C863%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2 |
JMH | 33.1 (Mar. 1961): 72-774 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2801%28196103%2933%3A1%3C72%3AAHOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5 |
ENHR | 76.298): Jan. 1961): 84-887 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266%28196101%2976%3A298%3C84%3AAHOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K |
AJP | 77.1 (1956): 96-100 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475%281956%2977%3A1%3C96%3AAHOTIF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K |
ISIS | 46.3 (Sep. 1955): 294-296 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-1753%28195509%2946%3A3%3C294%3AAHOTVI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H |
Man | 55 (Apr. 1955): 61-62 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0025-1496%28195504%291%3A55%3C61%3A6%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 |
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Published: 1954
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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