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... neolithic culture : ' industriousness , ' the capacity for assiduous ap- plication to a single task , sometimes carried over years and generations . The intermittent technical activities of paleolithic man no longer sufficed : it was by ...
... neolithic culture : ' industriousness , ' the capacity for assiduous ap- plication to a single task , sometimes carried over years and generations . The intermittent technical activities of paleolithic man no longer sufficed : it was by ...
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... neolithic ad- vances in domestication . But there is one aspect of neolithic tool - making that throws a significant light upon every other aspect of the culture . And this is the fact that , apart from the early development of the ...
... neolithic ad- vances in domestication . But there is one aspect of neolithic tool - making that throws a significant light upon every other aspect of the culture . And this is the fact that , apart from the early development of the ...
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... neolithic , Maturation , child's slow , Mellaart , James , [. Exploiters , colonial , 275 Exploration , environmen ... neolithic increase of , 130 ; preparation of , 154 ; tropical , 132 Food - collecting , 101 Food - gatherers ...
... neolithic , Maturation , child's slow , Mellaart , James , [. Exploiters , colonial , 275 Exploration , environmen ... neolithic increase of , 130 ; preparation of , 154 ; tropical , 132 Food - collecting , 101 Food - gatherers ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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