Book ID: CBB000775248

Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britain, 1860--1960 (2007)

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O'Connor, Anne (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xxxix + 423 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Dyer, James (2008) Review of "Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britain, 1860--1960". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 465). unapi

Review Oldroyd, David (2009) Review of "Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britain, 1860--1960". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 676). unapi

Essay Review Brysse, Keynyn (2010) Cryptozoology, Archaeology and Palaeontology: Histories Near the High Table. Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 569-575). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rooney, David
Principe, Claudia
Malfatti, Jonas
Wersan, Kate
Harrison, Daniel
Ferri, Sabrina
Concepts
Archaeology
Geology
Time measurement
Time
Technology
Egyptology
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
Egypt
Italy
Gibraltar
London (England)
United States
Institutions
Royal Observatory Greenwich
Yorkshire Antiquarian Club (1849-1860)
Great Britain. Royal Engineers
Great Britain. Geological Survey
University College, London
Great Britain. Royal Navy
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