Background
Clark, John Grahame Douglas was born on July 28, 1907 in Shortlands, Kent. Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Douglas Clark and Maud Shaw.
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The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia
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During the Ice Age Scandinavia was submerged under thick ice sheets, and it was only in the subsequent warmer conditions, as the ice receded, that colonisation by plants, animals and men became possible. In this book Grahame Clark examines the expansion of human settlement into this area, with particular emphasis on the economic aspects of the societies under discussion. The account is carried down to the time (3500-3000 BC) when mixed farming, including cereal agriculture, was being introduced into the area. The book is fully illustrated and documented by many maps and tables. It provides a rounded picture of the economy of the first settlers and their descendants in an area whose archaeological past has been exceptionally fully investigated and documented. The colonisation of Scandinavia is considered in its European context, but the main emphasis lies on the process of change and the continuity of settlement in the territory itself.
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Economic Prehistory: Papers on Archaeology
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Throughout his career Grahame Clark has pioneered on a world scale the use of the archaeological record to document the economic and social life of prehistoric communities. In Europe he was the first to employ the concept of the ecosystem in archaeology and to underscore the necessarily reciprocal relationship that exists between culture and environment. In Britain he has played a major role in moving archaeology away from its preoccupation with typology and spurring on the newly emergent discipline of bioarchaeology. Economic Prehistory reflects all these concerns. Following a comprehensive bibliography of Professor Clark's writing, the volume opens with a series of classic papers on basic subsistence activities such as seal hunting, whaling, fowling, fishing, forest clearance, farming and stock raising. Subsequent sections then deal with world prehistory and the thorny relationship between archaeology, education and society. The volume closes with a retrospective which looks critically at such figures of the past as Gordon Childe and Mortimer Wheeler and to the author's own renowned excavations at the Mesolithic site of Starr Carr.
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SEAL-HUNTING IN THE STONE AGE OF NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE: A STUDY IN ECONOMIC PREHISTORY
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1946. 4to, pp. 12-48 with 11 figures and text maps and two photo plates, removed from Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society and rebound in later wraps. VG.
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The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia (Paperback) - Common
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In this book Grahame Clark examines the expansion of human settlement into Scandinavia with particular emphasis on the economic aspects of the societies under discussion.
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Symbols of Excellence: Precious Materials as Expressions of Status
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Pithily written, rich in anecdote and superbly illustrated with examples of ancient craftsmanship, this book by an archaeologist of world renown ranges freely over the civilisations of the last five thousand years. The theme is a fascinating one. Why is it, Professor Clark asks, that human beings value precious metals, gems and a few organic materials like ivory and pearls so highly? All are difficult to obtain and largely useless for practical purposes. Yet the prestige associated with possession down the ages is undoubted. Position, sanctity and - by extension - the social and political hierarchies of entire societies have become embodied in these materials. Though first exploited to the full in the service of early cults and rulers, their appreciation has survived social change, and personal jewellery and insignia of rank are today more common than ever before. The reasons why are authoritatively explored in this remarkable book.
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Aspects of Prehistory
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Mesolithic Prelude
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Book by Clark, J. D.
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The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia THE EARLIER STONE AGE SETTLEMENT OF SCANDINAVIA By Clark, Grahame ( Author )Mar-05-2009 Paperback
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World Prehistory : A New Outline
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Aspects of Prehistory 1970
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Very good hardcover with good DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear with rubbing and small tears.
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Economic Prehistory: Papers on Archaeology ECONOMIC PREHISTORY: PAPERS ON ARCHAEOLOGY By Clark, Grahame ( Author )Apr-01-2009 Paperback
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Symbols of Excellence: Precious Materials as Expressions of Status by Clark, Grahame (1986) Hardcover
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The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia by Clark, Grahame (2009) Paperback
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World Prehistory, A New Outline: Being The Second Edition Of "World Prehistory".
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World Prehistory: a New Outline Being the Second Edition of 'World Prehistory'
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John Grahame Douglas Clark
Edit Profilearchaeologist member of the British Academy
John Grahame Douglas Clark, British archaeologist. Order of Dannebrog; Medal, Smithsonian Institute; Medal, Wenner-Gren Foundation 1972; Medal of Society. Royal Commission, on Ancient Monuments 1957-1969; Ancient Monuments Board 1954-1977; or Fellow of Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Irish, Italian, Swedish, Swiss and American Academies and Societies.
Education
Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University. Doctor of Science, Cambridge (England) University.
Also 3 honorary degrees.
Career
Assistant lecturer archaeology Cambridge University, 1935-1946, university lecturer, 1946-1952, Disney professor, 1951-1974, head department archaeology and anthropology, 1956-1961, 68-71, fellow of Peterhouse, 1950-1973, master of Peterhouse, 1973-1980, honorary fellow, 1980. Munro lecturer Edinburgh University, 1949. Reckitt lecturer British Academy, 1954.
Dalrymple lecturer Glasgow University, 1955. G. Grant MacCurdy lecturer Harvard University, 1957. William Evans visiting professor University Otago, 1964.
Commonwealth visiting fellow, Australia, 1964. Hitchcock professor University California, Berkeley, 1969. Leverhulme visiting professor University Uppsala, 1972.
Member Ancient Monuments Board, 1954-1977.
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Works
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Symbols of Excellence: Precious Materials as Expressions of Status
(Pithily written, rich in anecdote and superbly illustrate...)
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The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia
(During the Ice Age Scandinavia was submerged under thick ...)
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Economic Prehistory: Papers on Archaeology
(Throughout his career Grahame Clark has pioneered on a wo...)
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The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia (Paperback) - Common
(In this book Grahame Clark examines the expansion of huma...)
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Aspects of Prehistory 1970
(Very good hardcover with good DJ. Pages are clean and unm...)
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Mesolithic Prelude
(Book by Clark, J. D.)
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SEAL-HUNTING IN THE STONE AGE OF NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE: A STUDY IN ECONOMIC PREHISTORY
(1946. 4to, pp. 12-48 with 11 figures and text maps and tw...)
- WORLD PREHISTORY. A New Outline. Being the Second Edition of 'World Prehistory'.
- Aspects of Prehistory
- The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia THE EARLIER STONE AGE SETTLEMENT OF SCANDINAVIA By Clark, Grahame ( Author )Mar-05-2009 Paperback
- World Prehistory : A New Outline
- Economic Prehistory: Papers on Archaeology ECONOMIC PREHISTORY: PAPERS ON ARCHAEOLOGY By Clark, Grahame ( Author )Apr-01-2009 Paperback
- Symbols of Excellence: Precious Materials as Expressions of Status by Clark, Grahame (1986) Hardcover
- The Earlier Stone Age Settlement of Scandinavia by Clark, Grahame (2009) Paperback
- World Prehistory, A New Outline: Being The Second Edition Of "World Prehistory".
- World Prehistory: a New Outline Being the Second Edition of 'World Prehistory'
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Symbols of Excellence: Precious Materials as Expressions of Status
Membership
Member Royal Commission on History Monuments, 1957-1969. Trustee British Museum, 1975-1988. With British Army, 1939-1945.
Fellow British Academy, German Archaeol. Institute, Royal Society Sciences (Uppsala, foreign). Member Prehistoric Society (honorary editor Proceedings 1935-1970, president 1958-1962), Society Antiquaries (vice president 1959-1961, Gold medal 1978).
Honorary correspondent member Royal Society Northern Antiquaries (Copenhagen), Swiss Prehistoric Society. Honorary member Royal Institute Archaeology, Archaeol. Institute Asm.; foreign member Finnish Archaeol.
Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary), Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. Foreign associate National Academy of Sciences (United States), others.
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Married Gwladys Maude White, 1936. 3 children.
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Nationality
British
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Decorated Commander Order British Empire, Commander Order of Danebrog. Recipient Hodgkins medal Smithsonian Institution, 1967, Viking medal Wenner Gren Foundation, 1971, Lucy Wharton Drexel gold medal Museum University Pennsylvania, 1974, Chanda medal Asiatic Society, 1979, Erasmus prize, 1990.Decorated Commander Order British Empire, Commander Order of Danebrog. Recipient Hodgkins medal Smithsonian Institution, 1967, Viking medal Wenner Gren Foundation, 1971, Lucy Wharton Drexel gold medal Museum University Pennsylvania, 1974, Chanda medal Asiatic Society, 1979, Erasmus prize, 1990.