Author:
Fagan, Brian M.
Imprint:Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.
Descriptionxix, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Note:Machine generated contents note: I A PASSIONATE CONNOISSEUR OF FLINTS -- Clark's early life and school days, when he developed a passionate interest -- in archaeology-he studies history and archaeology as a Cambridge -- undergraduate. -- 2 THE MESOLITHIC AGE IN BRITAIN -- Graduate career at Cambridge-the Department of Archaeology at -- Cambridge in the 1920s and 1930s-a dissertation on the Mesolithic of -- Britain-The Mesolithic Age in Britain. -- 3 THE FENLAND RESEARCH COMMITTEE -- The Leman and Ower discovery and its consequences-Clark's seminal -- work with the Fenland Research Committee-Peacock's Farm-the -- Prehistoric Society of East Anglia becomes the Prehistoric Society. -- 4 THE MESOLITHIC SETTLEMENT OF -- NORTHERN EUROPE -- The travels that led to the writing of The Mesolithic Settlement of -- Northern Europe-analysis of The Mesolithic Settlement-reviews -- and reactions. -- 5 ARCHAEOLOGY AND SOCIETY -- Teaching at Cambridge-marriage-analysis of Archaeology and -- Society. -- 6 THE WAR YEARS -- World War II brings Clark into aerial photographic intelligence-time to -- reflect-interest kindled in modern art-conference on The Future of -- Archaeology-first papers on ancient subsistence. -- 7 THE ECONOMIC BASIS -- Clark's Peterhousefellowship and the influence of economic historian -- Michael Postan-the 1949 Munro lectures thatformed the basisfor -- Prehistoric Europe: The Economic Basis, which is analyzed. -- 8 STAR CARR -- Star Carr-excavations, analysis, and interpretation of the site, and the -- impact of the monograph-later research at the settlement- -- its importance to the development of ecological and -- subsistence archaeology. -- 9 DISNEY PROFESSOR -- The Disney chair-the 1953 Reckitt Lecture as a statement of Clark's -- approach to archaeology-teaching world prehistory at Cambridge- -- excavations at Hurst Fen and the Mildenhall Neolithic. -- 1o WORLD PREHISTORY -- Encouragingyoung archaeologists to work overseas-the writing of -- World Prehistory-travels to Australia and New Zealand- -- analysis of the book and its impact -- II TRAVELS OF A PREHISTORIAN -- The Early Agriculture Project-aspects of Prehistory-retirementfrom -- the Disney-master of Peterhouse-The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of -- Scandinavia-Mesolithic Prelude-The Identity of Man-Clark's -- intellectual interests after retirement. -- 12 LAST YEARS -- Man, Space, andTime-the Erasmus Prize, knighthood, the culmination -- of a lifetime's work-"Man the Spiritual Primate"--final days. -- 13 RETROSPECT -- An assessment of Grahame Clark's intellectual contributions and -- significance to archaeology. -- Notes -- Credits -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-290) and index.
