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Progressive gradualism, imperialism and academic fashion: Lower Palaeolithic archaeology in the 20th century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robin Dennell
Robin Dennell*
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Department of Archaeology & Prehistory, University of Sheffield. Sheffield S10 2TN and Ancient India & Iran Trust. 23 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge CB2 2BC
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Abstract

The Lower Palaeolithic has always been studied within a framework based on different types of flaked stone. Although this evidence might seem solid and unambiguous, the way it has been studied has been strongly influenced by wider social and political factors

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Antiquity , Volume 64 , Issue 244 , September 1990 , pp. 549 - 558
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1990

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