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Professor Challenger and his lost Neolithic world : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy / Euan W. MacKie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacKie, Euan Wallace, author.
- Series:
- Access archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thom, A. S. (Alexander Strang), 1943-.
- Thom, A. S.
- Neolithic period--Great Britain.
- Neolithic period.
- Archaeoastronomy.
- Monuments.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Monuments--Great Britain--History.
- Archaeoastronomy--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 146 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 'Professor Challenger and his Lost Neolithic World' combines the two great passions of the author's life: reconstructing the Neolithic mind and constructively challenging consensus in his professional domainches The book is semi-autobiographical, charting the author's investigation of Alexander Thom's theories, in particular regarding the alignment of prehistoric monuments in the landscape, across a number of key Neolithic sites from Kintraw to Stonehenge and finally Orkney. It maps his own perspective of the changing reception to Thom's ideas by the archaeological profession from initial curiosity and acceptance to increasing scepticism.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 1, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781784918347
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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