History of prehistory

[aggsbach]

For those who want to read and download one of the most important early  documents of paleolithic research in S/W france, the famous Lartets and Christies "reliquiae aquitanicae". Please open the document here:
 
http://www.archive.org/details/reliquiaeaquitan00lartuoft

Enjoy!
Johannes

[trehinp]

Thanks Johannes,

It is quite fascinating to follow the evolution of prehistoric studies. Lartet is probably at the origin of a turning point in making prehistory a science.

For those of you who are interested, I highly recommend Colin Renfew's book: "Prehistory, The Making of the Human Mind", first published in 2007. the latest publication came as a paperback, Orion House London, 2008. Part I of the book is dedicated to History of Prehistory.

Yours sincerely.

Paul