Project Gutenberg 2014-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 528 Morgan, Lewis Henry 1818 1881 Ancient society : $b or, Researches in the lines of human progress from savagery, through barbarism to civilization Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Society E-text prepared by Julie Miller, Turgut Dincer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "Ancient Society: or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery, through Barbarism to Civilization" by Lewis H. Morgan is a pioneering scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book explores the evolution of human civilization, asserting that mankind progressed from primitive states of savagery, through varying stages of barbarism, ultimately achieving complex forms of civilization. Morgan seeks to demonstrate the unified progression of humanity, tracing the development of social structures, inventions, and institutions. The opening of the text introduces Morgan’s central thesis: that humanity began at the lowest points of cultural development and has gradually moved toward more sophisticated forms of social organization. He highlights a significant evidence-based understanding about the antiquity of mankind, stating that savagery preceded barbarism, which in turn preceded civilization. Morgan outlines his vision of distinct ethnical periods, suggesting that the advancements in human society are closely linked to the progress of inventions and cultural practices, including subsistence methods, governance, and family structures. This framework serves as the foundation for his detailed examination of social evolution throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45950/45950-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 49.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Sociology Prehistoric peoples Civilization Social evolution Social structure Political anthropology GN JC Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Sociology 1734615 2025-07-18T13:38:40.469546 text/html 1718585 2024-10-24T07:56:35 text/html 564549 2025-07-18T13:39:04.331383 application/epub+zip 583472 2025-07-18T13:38:44.499525 application/epub+zip 581202 2025-07-18T13:38:42.428522 application/epub+zip 1051638 2025-07-18T13:39:15.523346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 987145 2025-07-18T13:39:01.631463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 985425 2022-09-20T21:39:09.788479 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1377357 2025-07-18T13:38:36.067519 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1357692 2024-10-24T07:56:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19199 2025-07-18T13:39:15.706324 application/rdf+xml 6986 2025-07-18T13:38:42.721586 image/jpeg 1666 2025-07-18T13:38:42.579499 image/jpeg 519342 2025-07-18T13:38:40.573530 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia