Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History of Palaeolithic Archaeology and Quaternary Geology in Britain, 1860-1960
O'Connor highlights that the history of this field was built not just by professors and museum keepers, but by a "colourful cast" of everyday professionals: Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A History o...
The book uses personal correspondence to illustrate the often-heated arguments—sometimes leading to physical altercations—as these pioneers fought to establish their theories. Finding Time for the Old Stone Age: A
Studying the layers of the Earth and Quaternary deposits. and papermakers all proposed competing timescales.
Wine sellers, diamond merchants, clerks, and papermakers all proposed competing timescales.