The Evolution of Culture And Other Essays
by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
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About this eBook
- Author
- Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox, 1827-1900
- Title
- The Evolution of Culture, and Other Essays
- Credits
- Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology
- Subject
- Anthropology
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 44844
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44844
- Release Date
- February 8, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE AND OTHER ESSAYS
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.INTRODUCTION [1]
- 5.PRINCIPLES OF CLASSIFICATION (1874) [3]
- 6.ON THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE (1875) [7]
- 7.PRIMITIVE WARFARE [13] I — Classification of the Weapons of Animals and Savages. — Defensive Weapons. — Offensive Weapons of Men and Animals. — DESCRIPTION OF PLATES VI-XI
- 8.PRIMITIVE WARFARE II ON THE RESEMBLANCE OF THE WEAPONS OF EARLY MAN, THEIR VARIATION, CONTINUITY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM. [126] — General Remarks. — Combination of Tool and Weapon. — Transition from the Drift to the Celt Type. — Hafting. — Transition from Oval to Rectangular Forms. — Development of Spear and Arrow-head Forms. — Implements composed of Perishable Materials. — Transition from Celt to Paddle, Spear, and Sword Forms. — Development of the Australian Boomerang. — Indian Boomerangs. — African Boomerangs. — Cateia. — General Conclusions relative to the Boomerang. — Development of the Club. — Contrivances for Throwing the Spear. — Transition from Club to Shield (Australia). — Transition from Club to Shield (Africa). — Development of the Shield. — Concluding Remarks.
- 9.PRIMITIVE WARFARE III ON THE RESEMBLANCES OF THE WEAPONS OF EARLY RACES; THEIR VARIATIONS, CONTINUITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM: METAL PERIOD. [184] — Table I.—Analyses of Ancient American Bronzes — Table II.—Analyses of Ancient European Bronzes — Reference to the Figures in Plate XVIII . [214] COPPER, BRONZE, AND IRON CELTS.
- 10.EARLY MODES OF NAVIGATION [219] (1874) — Modes of Navigation. — 1. Solid Trunks and Dug-out Canoes. — 2. Vessels in which the Planks are Stitched to each Other. — 3. Bark canoes. — 4. Canoes of Wicker and Skin. — 5. Rafts. — 6. Outrigger-canoes. — 7. Rudders, Sails, and other Contrivances.
- 11.NOTES TO ‘EARLY MODES OF NAVIGATION’
- 12.FOOTNOTES
- 13.Transcriber's Note
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