Gabriel de Mortillet
Date of Birth  :
1821-29-08
Place of Birth  :
Meylan
Country  :
France
Field of Expertise  :
Geology
Educational background  :
Degree in geology and engineering until 1848.
Acheivements / Contributions  :

  • Mortillet is best known for developing a chronological classification system of the prehistoric cultural development of man.

  • His classification system continued to be the basis for anthropological classification in 1900’s.

Bibliography  :
Le signe de la croix avant le christianisme (French Edition),Le Préhistorique Antiquité De L'homme (French Edition) (2010 Reprint),Formation De La Nation Française: Textes, Linguistique, Paléthnologie, Anthropologie (French Edition) (2010 Reprint) .