An Introduction to the Study of 



SOCIAL EVOLUTION 



THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD 



BY 



F. STUART CHAPIN, A.M., Ph.D. 



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OF THE 



DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY, SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, 



MASSACHUSETTS, AND SOMETIME UNIVERSITY FELLOW IN 



SOCIOLOGY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 



NEW YORK 

 THE CENTURY CO. 



1913 



