Vere Gordon Childe
Vere Gordon Childe (Usually known as Gordon Childe) (Sydney, New South Wales, 14 April 1892 – Mount Victoria, New South Wales, 19 October 1957) was an Australian archaeologist. He was best known for his excavation of the unique Neolithic site of Skara Brae in Orkney. He is also credited with coining the terms 'Neolithic Revolution' and 'Urban Revolution'. He attempted to place his discoveries inside a theory of prehistoric development on a wider European and world scale.
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From 1919 to 1921, Childe worked for the leftist politician John Storey as his personal assistant.
Neolithic dwellings at Skara Brae in Orkney, the site excavated by Childe 1927–30
The Neolithic passage tomb of Maes Howe on Mainland, Orkney, excavated by Childe 1954–55
A view of Grose Valley from Govetts Leap, the site where Childe chose to end his life
The bronze bust of Childe by Marjorie Maitland Howard[1] has been kept in the library of the Institute of Archaeology since 1958.[2] Childe thought it made him look like a Neanderthal.[3]
References
- Neil Faulkner 2007. Gordon Childe and Marxist Archaeology. International Socialism 116. [1]
- ↑ Pye 2015, p. 132.
- ↑ Harris 1994, p. vii.
- ↑ Green 1981, p. 110.