What is Vere Gordon Childe?
[[File:Gordon Childe.jpg|thumb|]] '''Vere Gordon Childe''' (Usually known as '''Gordon Childe''') ([[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], 14 April 1892 – [[Mount Victoria]], New South Wales, 19 October 1957) was an [[Australia]]n [[archaeology|archaeologist]]. He was best known for his [[archaeological site|excavation]] of the unique [[Neolithic]] site of [[Skara Brae]] in [[Orkney]]. He is also credited with coining the terms '[[Neolithic Revolution]]' and '[[Urban Revolution]]'. He attempted to place his discoveries inside a theory of prehistoric development on a wider European and world scale. == References == * Neil Faulkner 2007. Gordon Childe and Marxist Archaeology. ''International Socialism'' '''116'''. [http://www.isj.org.uk/index.php4?id=367&issue=116] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Childe, Vere Gordon}} [[Category:1892 births]] [[Category:1957 deaths]] [[Category:Archaeologists]] [[Category:Australian social scientists]] [[Category:People from Sydney]]