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Pete G P
Pete G Jan 3, 2007 22:20:25
Replying to Littlestone

the Atkinson quote comes from an interview with american journalist Alexander Kendricks who asked Atkinson
"Who built Stonehenge professor?"
Atkinson replied
"You have to remember these people are what I would call howling barbarians, they were practically savages."

The whole interview can be seen on the 1964 film The Mystery of Stonehenge which I uncovered in the archive of Gerald S Hawkins last year.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Jan 3, 2007 22:44:55
Replying to Pete G

the Atkinson quote comes from an interview with american journalist Alexander Kendricks who asked Atkinson
"Who built Stonehenge professor?"
Atkinson replied
"You have to remember these people are what I would call howling barbarians, they were practically savages."
That being the case the remark shows Atkinson to be unprofessional, biased and bigoted - that's bad, but the real issue is why he should have felt that way and what affect those facets of his personality had on his study of Stonehenge and Avebury?