Frameworks for Dating Fossil Man

Kenneth Oakley (1911-1981) was best known for his work in relative dating with fossils. He graduated from University College in Geology and Anthropology, and worked for the British Museum. He had an international reputation in his field and was particularly well known for his part in exposing the Piltdown fraud. His publications include Man the Tool-Maker, and over 100 papers, many of them on analytical methods of dating bones, particularly the fluorine-dating method.

Introduction Part One Stratigraphical Dating I Relative Chronology of Quaternary Deposits 2 The Glacial Chronology 3 Interglacial Correlation and Palynology 4 Dating and Correlation by Fauna 5 Palaeotemperatures and Palaeomagnetism 6 Changing Levels of Sea and Land 7 River Terraces 8 The Somme Terraces 9 The Glacial Stages in Latium 10 Pleistocene Subdivisions in Holland 11 Post-Glacial Chronology and Palynology 12 Post-Glacial Baltic Geographic Stages 13 Dating by the Varve Method 14 Pluvials and Interpluvials 15 African Palaeoclimatology continued (a) Ancient Lake-Levels (b) Fossil Spring Deposits (c) Erosion, Alluvium and Colluvium (d) Fossil Soils (e) Aeolian Sands (f) Palaeontological Evidence of Climatic Change 16 Pleistocene Subdivisions in the Maghreb Part Two Archaeological Dating I General 2 Palaeolithic Cultures in Europe and the Near East 3 Mesolithic Cultures in Europe and the Near East 4 Palaeolithic Cultures in Africa 5 Mesolithic Cultures in Africa 6 Palaeolithic Cultures in Asia 7 Mesolithic Cultures in Asia; Fossil Hominid Dating Tables I-XVI