John Lubbock - Episode 120

On John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury's birthday, we look at how he capitalized on his privileged status and his legacy in British and European archaeology. Not only did he coin the terms palaeolithic and neolithic, but he also introduced the first legislation protecting archaeological sites in Britain.

Links

• John Lubbock's Obituary
  • http://www.jstor.org/stable/80795
• Article by Pettitt and White about John Lubbock
  • http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/68/1/35
• Link to Steven Mithen's book After the Ice
  • https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Ice-Global-Human-History/dp/0753813920
• Link to online versions of John Lubbock's Pre-Historic Times
  • https://archive.org/details/prehistorictime08lubbgoog

Contacts

• @kimbiddulph
• @schprehistory