04513nam 2200661 a 450 991014296570332120230721021447.01-282-12416-197866121241671-4443-0291-41-4443-0292-2(CKB)1000000000754797(StDuBDS)AH4283867(SSID)ssj0000131937(PQKBManifestationID)11937074(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131937(PQKBWorkID)10027529(PQKB)10384695(MiAaPQ)EBC437550(Au-PeEL)EBL437550(CaPaEBR)ebr10313647(CaONFJC)MIL212416(OCoLC)424693766(EXLCZ)99100000000075479720071012d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCreating prehistory[electronic resource] Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain /Adam StoutMalden, MA ;Oxford Blackwell20081 online resource (304 p. ) ill., mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4051-5505-1 1-4051-5504-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-303) and index.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.'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.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 brought the Druids back to Stonehenge Examines the production of archaeological knowledge as a social process, and the relationship between personalities, institutions, ideology, and power Addresses the ongoing debates of the significance of sites such as Stonehenge, Avebury, and Maiden Castle In this highly original account, Adam Stout demonstrates for the first time how a generation of determined and scientifically minded young archaeologists succeeded in creating the discipline of today. 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. The author weaves a fascinating tale of the personalities and institutions involved in the development of archaeology and the marginalization of its competitors. He investigates the influence of the Diffusionists and their much-neglected pacifism, the controversial reappearance of the Druids at Stonehenge, and the sensational popularity of The Old Straight Track . This book is a must-read for anyone interested in today's fascination with the prehistoric past.AnthropologyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryArchaeologyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryPrehistoric peoplesGreat BritainAntiquities, PrehistoricGreat BritainGreat BritainAntiquitiesAnthropologyHistoryArchaeologyHistoryPrehistoric peoplesAntiquities, Prehistoric936.1Stout Adam946690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910142965703321Creating prehistory2138897UNINA