Abstract:Bar bara WoodPer versely for a col lec tion con cerned with lit er acy, this ar ti cle con sid ers a pe riod whe n there was no lit er acy, because there was no writ ing , and for a large span of time pos si bly no rec og nis able lan guage. It is con cerned with the pe riod of his tory la belled 'pr ehi story', that is, 'b efore writ ten lan guage'. Brit ish pre his tory is cur rently dated be tween around 500 000 BC, evi denced by bone frag ments found at Box grove in Sus sex, and the Ro man in vasion and oc… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.