DATING THE PAST: Introduction to Geochronology

by Zeuner, Frederick E

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London:: Methuen,, 1950. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends lightly worn; front & rear hinges reinforced; otherwise good.. + appendix + bibliography + index + photos. With b&w in-text drawings, charts & 2 fold-out tables + 24 full-pg. b&w photos at end. 2nd ed. of 1945 first issue. ||| Zeuner (1905-63), geologist noted for geochronology research; Environmental Archaeology Prof at Univ. of London. ||| Extensively covers--Early history & late prehistory especially in No. America by dendrochronology; Metal Ages, New & Middle Stone Ages, & climatic phases following Ice Age (varve chronology); dating Old Stone Age, phases of Ice Age, pluvial phases of warmer countries; dating history of Earth & of life before arrival of Man. ||| Also discusses Willard Libby's new Carbon-14 dating (1960 Nobel Prize), & anomalies of Piltdown Man (proved fraudulent in 1959).