A thorough history of the weapons and tools our prehistoric ancestors used to survive, this book reveals a world that will fascinate anyone interested in outdoor skills, ancient weapons, or anthropology. Thomas Wilson explains the many types of arrowheads, spears, and knives used by the peoples of the Paleolithic period across Western Europe and the early days of America. He details the materials from which these tools were made, how and where they were manufactured, and the purposes for which they were crafted—from hunting and cutting to scraping and grinding. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs and drawings of these tools, including microscopic details of the flint and other stones from which they were crafted, this is a rare look into what seems like mankind’s not-so-distant past.
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Thomas Wilson (1832-1902), United States Consul to Ghent, Nantes, and Nice, in 1887 became curator of the Division of Prehistoric Anthropology at the National Museum. While abroad, and particularly in France, he became deeply interested in archeological matters and especially in the remains of early man, subjects which occupied his attention throughout the period of his connection with the Museum.
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outdated, rehash repulication of pre 1900 views,
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Very disappointed with this, it is a republication of a pre 1900 tome on lithics, which contains not a thing new or interesting. Mostly line drawings which are not of quality. Major disappointment, waste of my time and money.
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This review is from: Arrowpoints, Spearheads, & Knives of Prehistoric Times (Paperback)
This treasure of a book is a huge survey of prehistoric stone weapons, amazingly rendered in what must be hundreds of artfully detailed line drawings.The wonderful Helen Marshall Thomas frames the material perfectly. Besides having hours of fun with it, I came away with the strange sense of empathy and understanding for the prehistoric peoples who fashioned these early stone tools.
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I am so happy I bought this book. The line drawings are breathtaking. The writing is fascinating. This is truly a relic that I'm glad has been brought back to life for historians, collectors, etc.
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tranchant transversal, chalcedonic flint, pale gray flint, triangular arrowpoint, flint arrowpoint, stone arrowpoints, porphyritic felsite, flint disks, leaf shaped implements, microscopic thin sections, spearhead form, prehistoric flint mines, ancient stone implements, prehistoric mines, large spearheads, convex base, flint chipping, not barbed, brown flint, black flint, flint chips, flint flakes, white flint, arrow release, concave base Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, National Museum, Flint Ridge, Thomas Wilson, New York, Sir John Evans, Burke County, New Jersey, Paul Schumacher, Santa Barbara County, Grimes Graves, Licking County, Roland Steiner, Smithsonian Report, District of Columbia, Stephen Bowers, Gerard Fowke, Grand Pressigny, North America, Rhode Island, Chain Bridge, Charles Rau, Edward Lovett, Washington County, Army Medical Museum New!
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