1971/10/01 by Peter Gathercole · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture #History of Science and Natural History #Data Analysis and Archiving #Prehistory #Argument (complex analysis) #History #Epistemology #Anthropology #Classics #Philosophy #Archaeology #Sociology #Biology
paper · doi:10.1080/00438243.1969.9979503
openalex publication_date 1971/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This paper analyses in detail the argument presented by Childe towards the end of his book, The Prehistory of European Society (1958). It discusses why he thought the argument so important and gives some consideration to the implications of his approach for a more general assessment of his work.