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Resolving the Question of a Hiatus between the Paleolithic and Neolithic: Nineteenth-Century Science and a Problem in Human Prehistory

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: In the 1870s a dispute arose between supporters and opponents of the idea that a hiatus existed between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic, a period when Europe was uninhabited. Researchers invoked geological, paleontological, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support their views. This paper discusses the development of this debate and how it was resolved, in large part due to the excavations of Édouard Piette.

Source: Bulletin of the History of Archaeology

DOI: 10.5334/bha-657

Author: Matthew R. Goodrum

Institution: Virginia Tech

Language: English

Topic: History of Science and Natural History

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $367

OpenAlex ID: W3152299298

FWCI: 2.054

Cites: 13

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10