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Stout, A: CREATING PREHIST

By Adam Stout

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Stout, A: CREATING PREHIST

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"Creating Prehistory" deals even-handedly and sympathetically with the creation of several different sorts of prehistory during the volatile period between the two World Wars.Investigates the origins of professional archaeology in Britain during the inter-war periodBrings to life many fascinating and controversial personalities and their creeds, including the archaeologists O. G. S. Crawford, Mortimer Wheeler and Gordon Childe; Grafton Elliot Smith and W. H. R. Rivers (of 'Regeneration' fame); Alfred Watkins and The Old Straight Track; and the thunderous George Watson Macgregor Reid, who brought the Druids back to StonehengeExamines the production of archaeological knowledge as a social process, and the relationship between personalities, institutions, ideology, and powerAddresses the ongoing debates of the significance of sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury, and Maiden Castle
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
318
Release Date:
2008-06-30
Publication Date:
2008-06-30
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
1405155051
ISBN13:
9781405155052
Weight:
476 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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