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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142965703321

Autore

Stout Adam

Titolo

Creating prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain / / Adam Stout

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell, 2008

ISBN

1-282-12416-1

9786612124167

1-4443-0291-4

1-4443-0292-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p. ) : ill., maps

Disciplina

936.1

Soggetti

Anthropology - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Archaeology - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Prehistoric peoples - Great Britain

Antiquities, Prehistoric - Great Britain

Great Britain Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Manufacturing the past : the Victorian background -- Establishing the discipline -- Containing the amateurs -- Making progress -- The politics of socialism -- The diffusion heresy : nurture and the primitive -- Establishing diffusion -- A clash of narratives : diffusion and the archaeologists -- The esoteric revival -- The universal bond -- Stonehenge : a mecca of Celtic idealism -- The aesthetics of order -- The old straight track -- The straight track postal club -- Straight track to beyond -- Visions of civilization.

Sommario/riassunto

'Creating Prehistory' investigates the origins of professional archaeology in Britain during the inter-war period. The text addresses the ongoing debates of the significance of sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury, and Maiden Castle.