Creating prehistory : Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain

Publication Data

• Title Creating prehistory : Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain
• Author Adam Stout
• Publisher Blackwell
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Malden, Mass.
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Anthropology :: Great Britain :: History :: 20th century
• Archaeology :: Great Britain :: History :: 20th century
• Prehistoric peoples :: Great Britain
• Antiquities, Prehistoric :: Great Britain
• Great Britain :: Antiquities
• Great Britain

Creating prehistory : Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain by Adam Stout. ISBN 9781405155052. Published by Blackwell in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.