Prehistoric Britain
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PREHISTORIC BRITAIN
By ROBERT MUNRO, M.A., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E.
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Editors:
HERBERT FISHER, M.A., F.B.A., LL.D.
Prof. GILBERT MURRAY D.LITT., LL.D., F.B.A.
Prof. J. ARTHUR THOMSON, M.A., LL.D.
Prof. WILLIAM T. BREWSTER, M.A.
(Columbia Univeasity, U.S.A.)
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
PREHISTORIC
BRITAIN
BY
ROBERT MUNRO
M.A., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E.
AUTHOR OF "THE LAKE DWELLINGS OF
EUROPE," "ARCHÆOLOGY AND FALSE
ANTIQUITIES," "PALÆOLITHIC MAN AND
TBRRAMARA SETTLEMENTS IM EUROPE,"
ETC.
LONDON
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE
First printed December 1913
Reprinted July 1917
Reprinted„ May 1919
Reprinted„ November 1923
CONTENTS
I INTRODUCTION—THE LAND—FAUNA—FLORA—ICE AGE—MAN7
II EVIDENTIAL MATERIALS—EARLY DISCOVERIES—LYELL'S "ANTIQUITY OF MAN"23
III EVIDENTIAL MATERIALS (continued)— FURTHER DISCOVERIES in BRITAIN, BELGIUM, AND FRANCE44
IV PALÆOLITHIC TYPES OF MAN—THEIR CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION68
V THE TRANSITION FROM PALÆOLITHIC TO NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATION—THE "HIATUS" PROBLEM AND SUBMERGENCE OF THE LAND100
VI ARTS AND INDUSTRIES OF THE NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGES134
VII EARLY IRON AGE—HALLSTATT, LA TÈNE, AND LATE CELTIC PERIODS155
VIII RELIGIOSITY AND COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENTS—CROMLECHS, DOLMENS, BARROWS, MENHIRS, ALIGNMENTS, ETC.178
IX INHABITED SITES AND PROTECTIVE WORKS—CAVES, BEEHIVE HOUSES, HUT-CIRCLES, DENEHOLES, CAMPS, FORTS, LAKE-DWELLINGS, ETC.205
X BRITISH ETHNOLOGY—RIVER-BED RACE—NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE PEOPLE—BRYTHONS—CONCLUSION228
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
253
- INDEX
254
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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