 Pottery is very indestructible ; when used at all, it is always abundant, and it possesses two qualities — those, namely, of being easy to break and yet difficult to destroy, which render it very valuable in an archaeological point of view. Moreover...  The Anthropological Review - Page 6by Anthropological Society of London - 1868Full view - About this book
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1868 - 904 pages
...when known at all it is always abundant, and it possesses"two qualitie's ; namely, those of being easv to break, and yet difficult to destroy, which render...useful should ever have been lost by any race of men. Again, this argument applies to several other arts and instruments. I will mention only two, though... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1868 - 896 pages
...archreological point of new. Moreover, it is in most cases associated with burials. It is, therefore, a verv significant fact, that no fragment of pottery has...and so useful should ever have been lost by any race ot men. Again, this argument applies to several other arts and instruments. I will mention only two,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1875 - 646 pages
...indestructible ; when used at all, it is always abundant, and it possesses two qualities — those, namely, of being easy to break and yet difficult to destroy,...forward. The art of spinning and the use of the bow arc quite unknown to many races of savages, and yet would hardly be likely to have been abandoned,... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1875 - 646 pages
...indestructible ; when used at all, it is always abundant, and it possesses two qualities — those, namely, of being easy to break and yet difficult to destroy,...forward. The art of spinning and the use of the bow arc quite unknown to many races of savages, and yet would hardly be likely to have been abandoned,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1876 - 702 pages
...forgotten fragments of pottery would still exist — if nowhere else, at least in burial-places ; but no fragment of pottery has ever been found in Australia, New Zealand, or the Polynesian Islands ; and many races of savages are entirely unacquainted with the art of spinning or the use of the bow.... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - Science - 1868 - 920 pages
...when known at all it is always abundant, and it possesses two qualities ; namely, those of being easv to break, and yet difficult to destroy, which render...and so useful should ever have been lost by any race ot men. Again, this argument applies to several other arts and instruments. I will mention only two,... | |
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