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Over the past half century, many students of archaeology and anthropology have been influenced by Grahame Clark, whose fieldwork, writing, and long teaching career at Cambridge University had a major impact on the study of prehistory. Fagan (anthropology, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara), the author of numerous books on archaeology and one of Clark's former students, was invited to write his biography by Sir Grahame's widow and his literary executors. Fagan had access to Clark's archives at Cambridge and conducted interviews with the archaeologist's colleagues and friends. However, he ultimately lets Clark's publications speak for him. Through them, Fagan traces Clark's development as an archaeologist in England during the 1920s; he also looks at the influences of Gordon Childe, Dorothy Garrod, the young Louis Leakey, and others; Fagan's definitive work on the Mesolithic in northern Europe; his excavations at Star Carr, which set new standards in reporting and training archaeologists; and the inexhaustible stream of scientific writing that continued all his life. With its detailed consideration of Clark's work, Fagan's biography is a worthy testament to his greatness. For biography, archaeology, and history collections, and for students of prehistory. John W. Garland, Detroit P.L.
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