- Hallam L. Movius
Hallam Leonard Movius (1907-1987) was an American
archaeologist most famous for his work on thepalaeolithic period.He was born in
Newton, Massachusetts and became a professor of archaeology atHarvard University in 1930. Later he was also a curator at thePeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology .In 1948 he proposed the existence of a
Movius Line dividing theAcheulean tool users of Europe, Africa and western Asia from thechopping tool industries of East Asia.He also studied the
Perigordian andAurignacian cultures of PalaeolithicFrance , excavating at the rock shelter ofLes Eyzies in theDordogne from 1958 to 1973.External links
* [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/klmno/movius_hallam.html Biography]
Bibliography
*Scarre, C (ed), "The Human Past", Thames and Hudson, London, 2005 ISBN 0-500-28531-4
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