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William Stukeley: an eighteenth-century phenomenologist?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rick Peterson
Rick Peterson*
Affiliation:
SCARAB Research Centre, Caerleon Campus, University of Wales College Newport, PO Box 179, Wales NP18 3YG, (Email: Rick.Peterson@newport.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Phenomenology is the modern theoretical archaeologist's word for the appreciation of how a prehistoric monument relates to its landscape. The author shows how the one of the earliest antiquaries, William Stukeley, pre-echoed some of its principles methods and thinking.

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AveburyWilliam Stukeleylandscapephenomenology

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Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 296 , June 2003, pp. 394 - 400
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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