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Rewriting Man's Prehistory

on BBC Radio 3

A series of five programmes which examines the changing picture of the past emerging from a new approach to archaeology.
1: A Science of Archaeologyf
MAGNUS MAGNUSSON talks to the prehistorians who wish to break with the traditional method of reconstructing individual events in time and to those who oppose this change. The new approach turns attention to 'culture processes' and the formulation of laws in archaeology like those of the natural sciences.
Among those taking part: DR GLYN DANIEL
DR COLIN RENFREW
ANDREW FLEMING , HUMPHREY CASE EUAN MCKIE , DR JAMES DORAN PROFESSOR RICHARD ATKINSON
JACQUETTA HAWKES
Producer ALISTAIR BROWN

Contributors

Talks:
Magnus Magnusson
Unknown:
Dr Glyn Daniel
Unknown:
Dr Colin Renfrew
Unknown:
Andrew Fleming
Unknown:
Humphrey Case
Unknown:
Euan McKie
Unknown:
Dr James Doran
Unknown:
Professor Richard Atkinson
Unknown:
Jacquetta Hawkes
Producer:
Alistair Brown

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