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All archaeological data are expressions of human thoughts and purposes and are valued only as revelations thereof.

V. Gordon Childe

To interpret the objects he collects, to classify them and even to describe them correctly, an archaeologist ought ideally to be able to make them.

V. Gordon Childe

Almost every statement in prehistory should be qualified by the phrase: 'On the evidence available today the balance of probability favors the view that'.

V. Gordon Childe

V. Gordon Childe

V. Gordon Childe

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Born: April 14, 1892

Died: October 19, 1957 (aged 65)

Bio: Vere Gordon Childe, better known as V. Gordon Childe, was an Australian archaeologist and philologist who specialized in the study of European prehistory.

Known for:

Man makes himself (1936)
What happened in history (1942)
New light on the most ancient East (1928)
Dawn of European civilization (1925)
The bronze age (1930)

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