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Prehistoric Men
BY
ROBERT J. BRAIDWOOD
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, OLD WORLD PREHISTORY
PROFESSOR
ORIENTAL INSTITUTE AND DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Drawings by SUSAN T. RICHERT
CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
POPULAR SERIES
ANTHROPOLOGY, NUMBER 37
Third Edition Issued in Co-operation with
The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago
Edited by Lillian A. Ross
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PRESS
Copyright 1948, 1951, and 1957 by Chicago Natural History Museum
First edition 1948
Second edition 1951
Third edition 1957
Fourth edition 1959
Like the writing of most professional archeologists, minehas been confined to so-called learned papers. Good, bad,or indifferent, these papers were in a jargon that only mycolleagues and a few advanced students could understand.Hence, when I was asked to do this little book, I soon foundit extremely difficult to say what I meant in simple fashion.The style is new to me, but I hope the reader will not find itforced or pedantic; at least I have done my very best to tellthe story simply and clearly.
Many friends have aided in the preparation of the book.The whimsical charm of Miss Susan Richert’s illustrationsadd enormously to the spirit I wanted. She gave freely ofher own time on the drawings and in planning the book withme. My colleagues at the University of Chicago, especiallyProfessor Wilton M. Krogman (now of the University ofPennsylvania), and also Mrs. Linda Braidwood, Associate ofthe Oriental Institute, and Professors Fay-Cooper Cole andSol Tax, of the Department of Anthropology, gave me counselin matters bearing on their special fields, and the Departmentof Anthropology bore some of the expense of the illustrations.From Mrs. Irma Hunter and Mr. Arnold Maremont, who arenot archeologists at all and have only an intelligent layman’snotion of archeology, I had sound advice on how best to tellthe story. I am deeply indebted to all these friends.
While I was preparing the second edition, I had the greatfortune to be able to rework the third chapter with ProfessorSherwood L. Washburn, now of the Department of Anthropologyof the University of California, and the fourth, fifth, and4sixth chapters with Professor Hallum L. Movius, Jr., of thePeabody Museum, Harvard University. The book has gainedgreatly in accuracy thereby. In matters of dating, ProfessorMovius and the indications of