Primitive Man

Primitive Man

Louis Figuier, french scientist and writer (1819-1894)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- MOTTO

-03- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION

-04- INTRODUCTION

-05- PART I. THE EPOCH OF EXTINCT SPECIES OF ANIMALS

-06- CHAPTER I. THE EARLIEST MEN

-07- CHAPTER II. MAN IN THE CONDITION OF SAVAGE LIFE DURING THE QUATERNARY EPOCH

-08- CHAPTER III. THE MAN OF THE GREAT BEAR AND MAMMOTH EPOCH LIVED IN CAVERNS

-09- CHAPTER IV. OTHER CAVES OF THE EPOCH OF THE GREAT BEAR AND MAMMOTH

-10- PART II. EPOCH OF THE REINDEER, OR OF MIGRATED ANIMALS

-11- CHAPTER I. MANKIND DURING THE EPOCH OF THE REINDEER

-12- PART III. THE POLISHED-STONE EPOCH OR THE EPOCH OF TAMED ANIMALS

-13- CHAPTER I. THE EUROPEAN DELUGE

-14- CHAPTER II. THE KJOEKKEN-MOEDDINGS

-15- CHAPTER III. TOMBS AND MODE OF INTERMENT DURING THE POLISHED-STONE EPOCH

-16- PART IV. THE AGE OF METALS. THE BRONZE EPOCH

-17- CHAPTER I. THE DISCOVERY OF METALS

-18- CHAPTER II. THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE HISTORY OF THE BRONZE EPOCH

-19- CHAPTER III. LACUSTRINE HABITATIONS OF UPPER ITALY, BAVARIA, CARINTHIA AND CARNIOLA, POMERANIA, FRANCE, AND ENGLAND

-20- CHAPTER IV. PALUSTRINE HABITATIONS OR MARSH-VILLAGES

-21- CHAPTER V.WEAPONS, INSTRUMENTS AND UTENSILS IN THE LACUSTRINE SETTLEMENTS

-22- CHAPTER VI. INDUSTRIAL SKILL AND AGRICULTURE DURING THE BRONZE EPOCH

-23- CHAPTER VII. THE ART OF WAR DURING THE BRONZE EPOCH

-24- CHAPTER VIII. MODE OF INTERMENT AND BURIAL-PLACES OF THE BRONZE EPOCH

-25- PART V. THE IRON EPOCH

-26- CHAPTER I. ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IRON EPOCH

-27- CHAPTER II. WEAPONS

-28- PRIMITIVE MAN IN AMERICA

-29- CONCLUSION