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The Evolution of Culture

by Augustus Pitt-Rivers

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Principles of Classification (1874)
  4. 4On the Evolution of Culture (1875)
  5. 5Primitive Warfare I
  6. 6Defensive Weapons
  7. 7Offensive Weapons of Men and Animals
  8. 8Description of Plates VI-XI
  9. 9General Remarks
  10. 10Combination of Tool and Weapon
  11. 11Transition From the Drift to the Celt Type
  12. 12Hafting
  13. 13Transition From Oval to Rectangular Forms
  14. 14Development of Spear and Arrow-head Forms
  15. 15Implements Composed of Perishable Materials
  16. 16Transition From Celt to Paddle, Spear, and Sword Forms
  17. 17Development of the Australian Boomerang
  18. 18Indian Boomerangs
  19. 19African Boomerangs
  20. 20Cateia
  21. 21General Conclusions Relative to the Boomerang
  22. 22Development of the Club
  23. 23Contrivances for Throwing the Spear
  24. 24Transition From Club to Shield (Australia)
  25. 25Transition From Club to Shield (Africa)
  26. 26Development of the Shield
  27. 27Concluding Remarks
  28. 28Table I — Analyses of Ancient American Bronzes
  29. 29Table II — Analyses of Ancient European Bronzes
  30. 30Reference to the Figures in Plate XVIII. — Copper, Bronze, and Iron…
  31. 31Early Modes of Navigation (1874)
  32. 32Modes of Navigation
  33. 331 — Solid Trunks and Dug-out Canoes
  34. 342 — Vessels in Which the Planks Are Stitched to Each Other
  35. 353 — Bark Canoes
  36. 364 — Canoes of Wicker and Skin
  37. 375 — Rafts
  38. 386 — Outrigger-canoes
  39. 397 — Rudders, Sails, and Other Contrivances
  40. 40Notes to ‘Early Modes of Navigation’

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