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Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain
1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps
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.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-303) and index.