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2929V. Gordon Childe holding a pr esent from some of his studen ts at Brno Unive rsity.

Date Unknown. Courtesy of the Institute of Archaeology, University of London, and

theJa F Aa, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1983.

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the BizArre FAshion And revolutionAry Politics

oF BritAins most eccentric ArchAeologist

Discussed: Scotland, Farming, The Dawn of Civilization, Red Shirts,

Shorty Shorts, Marxist Archaeologists v. Nazi Archaeologists,

Hannah Arendt on Revolutions, Cities and Urban Planning,Dinner with Stalin, Indiana Jones, Fashionistas, Tea

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