Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain

by Adam Stout

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405155051
• ISBN13: 9781405155052
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"