Prehistoric peoples
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Prehistoric peoples
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080302
- info:lc/authorities/sh85080302
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85080302#concept
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Variants
- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples)
- Early man
- Man, Prehistoric
- Prehistoric archaeology
- Prehistoric human beings
- Prehistoric humans
- Prehistory
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Sources
- found: Acad. Am. encyc., 1994 (Prehistoric humans)
- found: Americana, 1995 (Prehistoric human beings; Prehistory)
- found: Britannica Micro. (Prehistoric peoples and cultures; Prehistoric archaeology)
- found: Wikipedia, April 4, 2008: (cavemen: popular stock character based upon stereotyped concepts of the way in which early prehistoric humans or homininans may have looked and behaved; often shown as living in caves; but this stemmed from the ritual paintings found in caves: it is more probable that the caves were religious gathering places or temporary shelter, and not the actual dwellings of the supposed "cavemen")
LC Classification
- GN700-GN890
Example Notes
- Note under [Anthropology, Prehistoric]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2008-05-20: revised
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