Social Evolution

London: Watts, 1951. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Octavo in white-blue DJ, viii, 184 pages; 21 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gently bumped front corners, rear corners extremely mildly rubbed, light yellowing and spotting to front free endpaper, very faint spotting to fore-edge and DJ fore-edge, extremely light sunning to DJ spine, price-clipped DJ, light spotting to rear DJ, very small rubbed tear to DJ spine head, else Very Good(-) in Very Good(-) DJ. Hardcover.

Prehistoric peoples, Anthropology. Contents: Contains: Evolutionary theory in ethonography archaeology -- Culture in archaeology and anthropology -- Some examples -- The sociological interpretation of archaeological data -- Culture sequences in savagery -- Culture sequences in savagery -- Culture sequences in barbarism: (1) temperate Europe -- Cultural stages in temperate Europe -- Culture sequences in barbarism: (2) The Mediterranean zone -- Culture sequences in barbarism: (3) the Nile valley -- Culture sequences in barbarism: (4) Mesopotamia. Series: The Josiah Mason lectures in anthropology, 1947-1948. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.