From Genesis to Prehistory
| Author | : Peter Rowley-Conwy |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 383 |
| Release | : 2007-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199227747 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199227748 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis From Genesis to Prehistory by : Peter Rowley-Conwy
Download or read book From Genesis to Prehistory written by Peter Rowley-Conwy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are now familiar with the Three Age System, the archaeological partitioning of the past into Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. This division, which amounted at the time to a major scientific revolution, was conceived in Denmark in the 1830s. Peter Rowley-Conwy investigates the reasons why the Three Age system was adopted without demur in Scandinavian archaeological circles, yet was the subject of a bitter and long-drawn-out contest in Britain and Ireland, up to the1870s.
