Vere Gordon Childe
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Vere Gordon Childe (Usually known as Gordon Childe) (April 14, 1892, Sydney, New South Wales–October 19, 1957, Mt. Victoria, New South Wales) was an Australian archaeologist. He was perhaps best known for his 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 attemted to place his discoveries inside a theory of prehistoric development on a wider European and world scale.
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- Neil Faulkner, "Gordon Childe and Marxist Archaeology, from International Socialism journal 116, autumn 2007.