Creating prehistory
Subtitle: Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain
By: Adam Stout.
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781405155045; 9781405155052
Subjects: Anthropology -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Archaeology -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Prehistoric peoples -- Great Britain; Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Manufacturing the past : the Victorian background; title: Establishing the discipline; title: Containing the amateurs; title: Making progress; title: The diffusion heresy : nurture and the primitive; title: Establishing diffusion; title: A clash of narratives : diffusion and the archaeologists; title: The politics of socialism; title: The most ancient faith; title: Stonehenge : a mecca of Celtic idealism; title: The aesthetics of order; title: The old straight track; title: The straight track postal club; title: Straight track to beyond; title: Visions of civilization.