Author: AVEBURY LORD
Title: Prehistoric Times as Illustrated By Ancient Remains and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages
Description: London, Williams & Norgate. 1900, Sixth. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. gilt titled boards, spine well rubbed and worn, head and tail of spine rubbed, pencil to endpapers, hinge open at preface, top edge gilt TEG, small area nicked at top edge of lower board, xxii +616pp +plates (complete) erratum present, large inscription at head of contents page in copperplate ink, and just below a few lines continued in pencil over the contents of chapter one, some damage to the top edge of the rear few pages of the index, some light pencil notation throughout, a good reasonably clean working copy, compares the archaeological and written record of ancient cultures with 'modern savages' to arrive at a hypothesis of ancient life, 1.5kg, heavy book excess postage as per weight. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: History Pre-History Archaeology Archeology Comparative Sociology Comparative History Anthropology; Archaeology; Prehistoric; Lord Avebury; Native Americans; Fiji Islanders; Tahitians; Australian Aborigines; Inuit; Paraguyan Indians; Bronze Age; Megalithic


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