Creating prehistory : Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain
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 period.; Brings 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
eBook, English, 2008
Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2008