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Praise for Creating Prehistory
‘Written in a sparkling, compelling and very accessible style, with a superb sense
of pace, drama, fun and irony, Creating Prehistory is a wonderfully courageous
and fl uent questioning of the nature of archaeology, based on a tremendous
amount of original research.’
Ronald Hutton, Bristol University
‘In Creating Prehistory Adam Stout offers a compelling account of the visions,
philosophies, rivalries and eccentricities shaping the British archaeological
landscape.’
David Matless, University of Nottingham
‘Adam Stout’s book is a thrilling and innovative contribution to the history of
archaeology. Stout makes the unprecedented move of placing the prehistoric
archaeology of the inter-war years alongside druids, ley-hunters and hyper-
diffusionists, investigating the social, political and historical conditions that affected
each. The results are both surprising and enlightening.’
Julian Thomas, University of Manchester
‘Creating Prehistory is an engagingly provocative contribution to current debates
on how the past is produced, in writing and illustration and on the ground in
excavation and preservation. It recovers the knowledge and imagination of lay,
often local, enthusiasts in pre-war Britain from the condescension of a new
archaeological establishment keen to enclose and police the boundaries of
prehistoric expertise. Thoroughly researched, from many previously untapped
sources, and accessibly and entertainingly written, Creating Prehistory will appeal
to a wide readership, interested in sites of antiquity and how those places have
been viewed and debated in the recent past.’
Stephen Daniels, University of Nottingham
‘Prehistory is a contentious affair, and Adam Stout’s story of just how competitive
narratives can get is illuminating in its exposure of archaeology’s dirty war against
visionaries.’
John Billingsley, Editor, Northern Earth
‘Adam Stout’s new book gives the inside story of British archaeology in the fi rst
half of the twentieth century. He brings to light the various groups and individuals,
especially the revived Order of Druids, who opposed the low-level, reductionist
view of Stonehenge and prehistoric culture that the authorities were insisting upon.
This is a new and well-told story about a controversy that is still going on.’
John Michell, author of The View Over Atlantis
Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain Adam Stout
© 2008 Adam Stout ISBN: 978-1-405-15504-5
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CREATING
PREHISTORY
Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists
in Pre-war Britain
ADAM STOUT
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© 2008 by Adam Stout
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First published 2008 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
1 2008
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stout, Adam.
Creating prehistory : Druids, ley hunters and archaeologists in pre-war Britain / Adam Stout.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-5504-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-4051-5505-2 (pbk. : alk.
paper) 1. Anthropology—Great Britain—History—20th century. 2. Archaeology—Great
Britain—History—20th century. 3. Prehistoric peoples—Great Britain. 4. Antiquities,
Prehistoric—Great Britain. 5. Great Britain—Antiquities. I. Title.
GN17.3.G7S86 2008
936.1—dc22
2007041746
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