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- THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE AND OTHER ESSAYS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION[1]
- PRINCIPLES OF CLASSIFICATION (1874)[3]
- ON THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE (1875)[7]
- PRIMITIVE WARFARE[13] I
- Classification of the Weapons of Animals and Savages.
- Defensive Weapons.
- Offensive Weapons of Men and Animals.
- DESCRIPTION OF PLATES VI-XI
- PRIMITIVE WARFARE II ON THE RESEMBLANCE OF THE WEAPONS OF EARLY MAN, THEIR VARIATION, CONTINUITY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM.[126]
- General Remarks.
- Combination of Tool and Weapon.
- Transition from the Drift to the Celt Type.
- Hafting.
- Transition from Oval to Rectangular Forms.
- Development of Spear and Arrow-head Forms.
- Implements composed of Perishable Materials.
- Transition from Celt to Paddle, Spear, and Sword Forms.
- Development of the Australian Boomerang.
- Indian Boomerangs.
- African Boomerangs.
- Cateia.
- General Conclusions relative to the Boomerang.
- Development of the Club.
- Contrivances for Throwing the Spear.
- Transition from Club to Shield (Australia).
- Transition from Club to Shield (Africa).
- Development of the Shield.
- Concluding Remarks.
- PRIMITIVE WARFARE III ON THE RESEMBLANCES OF THE WEAPONS OF EARLY RACES; THEIR VARIATIONS, CONTINUITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM: METAL PERIOD.[184]
- Table I.—Analyses of Ancient American Bronzes
- Table II.—Analyses of Ancient European Bronzes
- Reference to the Figures in Plate XVIII.[214] COPPER, BRONZE, AND IRON CELTS.
- EARLY MODES OF NAVIGATION[219] (1874)
- Modes of Navigation.
- 1. Solid Trunks and Dug-out Canoes.
- 2. Vessels in which the Planks are Stitched to each Other.
- 3. Bark canoes.
- 4. Canoes of Wicker and Skin.
- 5. Rafts.
- 6. Outrigger-canoes.
- 7. Rudders, Sails, and other Contrivances.
- NOTES TO ‘EARLY MODES OF NAVIGATION’
- FOOTNOTES
- Transcriber's Note
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