Grahame Clark
Subtitle: an intellectual life of an archaeologist
By: Brian Fagan.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Clark, Grahame, 1907-; Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Intellectual biography of an archaeologist
Description: "To chronicle the intellectual life of Grahame Clark (1907-1995) is to participate in the history of the discipline of archaeology, which Clark - almost single-handedly at first - transformed from an antiquarian pastime based largely on artifact classification into a sophisticated study of the human past based on collaborations among scientists from many disciplines.

Delving into Clark's major publications and personal archives, and drawing on dozens of interviews with Clark's former colleagues and students, noted archaeology writer Brian Fagan, himself a former student of Clark's at Cambridge University, assesses Clark's pioneering efforts in economic and environmental prehistory.

To accurately study the man, Brian Fagan focuses not just on Clark's published works; he also examines Clark's personal archives and draws on dozens of interviews with Clark's colleagues and students."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-290) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I A PASSIONATE CONNOISSEUR OF FLINTS; title: Clark's early life and school days, when he developed a passionate interest; title: in archaeology-he studies history and archaeology as a Cambridge; title: undergraduate.; title: 2 THE MESOLITHIC AGE IN BRITAIN; title: Graduate career at Cambridge-the Department of Archaeology at; title: Cambridge in the 1920s and 1930s-a dissertation on the Mesolithic of; title: Britain-The Mesolithic Age in Britain.; title: 3 THE FENLAND RESEARCH COMMITTEE; title: The Leman and Ower discovery and its consequences-Clark's seminal; title: work with the Fenland Research Committee-Peacock's Farm-the; title: Prehistoric Society of East Anglia becomes the Prehistoric Society.; title: 4 THE MESOLITHIC SETTLEMENT OF; title: NORTHERN EUROPE; title: The travels that led to the writing of The Mesolithic Settlement of; title: Northern Europe-analysis of The Mesolithic Settlement-reviews; title: and reactions.; title: 5 ARCHAEOLOGY AND SOCIETY; title: Teaching at Cambridge-marriage-analysis of Archaeology and; title: Society.; title: 6 THE WAR YEARS; title: World War II brings Clark into aerial photographic intelligence-time to; title: reflect-interest kindled in modern art-conference on The Future of; title: Archaeology-first papers on ancient subsistence.; title: 7 THE ECONOMIC BASIS; title: Clark's Peterhousefellowship and the influence of economic historian; title: Michael Postan-the 1949 Munro lectures thatformed the basisfor; title: Prehistoric Europe: The Economic Basis, which is analyzed.; title: 8 STAR CARR; title: Star Carr-excavations, analysis, and interpretation of the site, and the; title: impact of the monograph-later research at the settlement-; title: its importance to the development of ecological and; title: subsistence archaeology.; title: 9 DISNEY PROFESSOR; title: The Disney chair-the 1953 Reckitt Lecture as a statement of Clark's; title: approach to archaeology-teaching world prehistory at Cambridge-; title: excavations at Hurst Fen and the Mildenhall Neolithic.; title: 1o WORLD PREHISTORY; title: Encouragingyoung archaeologists to work overseas-the writing of; title: World Prehistory-travels to Australia and New Zealand-; title: analysis of the book and its impact; title: II TRAVELS OF A PREHISTORIAN; title: The Early Agriculture Project-aspects of Prehistory-retirementfrom; title: the Disney-master of Peterhouse-The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of; title: Scandinavia-Mesolithic Prelude-The Identity of Man-Clark's; title: intellectual interests after retirement.; title: 12 LAST YEARS; title: Man, Space, andTime-the Erasmus Prize, knighthood, the culmination; title: of a lifetime's work-"Man the Spiritual Primate"; title: final days.; title: 13 RETROSPECT; title: An assessment of Grahame Clark's intellectual contributions and; title: significance to archaeology.; title: Notes; title: Credits; title: Index.