Summary of Francis Pryor's Scenes from Prehistoric Life

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#1 The past was governed by the same rules as the present, and this was known as uniformitarianism. It was first developed by the Scottish geologist James Hutton in the late eighteenth century, and culminated in Charles Lyell’s Principles of Geology, first published in 1830.

#2 Archaeology is a science-based humanity that sets out to reveal the way various communities interacted and how this in turn led to their rise or decline. But you cannot do this simply by studying artifacts. You must also pay attention to the landscapes where people lived.

#3 The seaside towns and villages of East Anglia have a charm all of their own. I have a particular fondness for the cliffs at the little village of Dunwich, in Suffolk, with their thick woods that allow tantalizing glimpses of the sea far below.

#4 The footprints at Goldcliff in the Severn Estuary were made around 4700 BC, at the end of the Mesolithic, but the ones at Happisburgh were made by a family group who were out foraging for food along the tidal river.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822545854

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Insights on Francis Pryor's Scenes from Prehistoric Life

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The past was governed by the same rules as the present, and this was known as uniformitarianism. It was first developed by the Scottish geologist James Hutton in the late eighteenth century, and culminated in Charles Lyell’s Principles of Geology, first published in 1830.

#2

Archaeology is a science-based humanity that sets out to reveal the way various communities interacted and how this in turn led to their rise or decline. But you cannot do this simply by studying artifacts. You must also pay attention to the landscapes where people lived.

#3

The seaside towns and villages of East Anglia have a charm all of their own. I have a particular fondness for the cliffs at the little village of Dunwich, in Suffolk, with their thick woods that allow tantalizing glimpses of the sea far below.

#4

The footprints at Goldcliff in the Severn Estuary were made around 4700 BC, at the end of the Mesolithic, but the ones at Happisburgh were made by a family group who were out foraging for food along the tidal river.

#5

The Quaker bankers were successful because they were trusted because of their high ethical and moral standards. They were also very successful. By the same token, people had become distrustful of many brewers and maltsters, who often watered down or adulterated their beers.

#6

Places, like people, reoccur in your life. I can remember spending a wonderful holiday at West Runton, a coastal village in the sand dunes near Cromer in north-east Norfolk.

#7

The flints found at Pakefield and Happisburgh were very clean and sharp, which is why they are so important. They were dated to be around a million years old, which is very old for flint tools. I doubt we will ever find an older site in Britain.

#8

The first evidence of human occupation in Britain was found at Eartham Quarry, in Sussex. It was excavated and fully published in England, just a short distance from the south coast.

#9

The site of the Boxgrove Quarry revealed the remains of a Palaeolithic camp, as well as the site of the butchering of a wild horse. The bone and flint debris was excavated over many weeks, but was dropped there over just one day half a million