Professor Challenger and his Lost Neolithic World combines the two
great passions of the author's life: reconstructing the Neolithic mind
and constructively challenging consensus in his professional domain. The
book is semi-autobiographical, charting the author's investigation of
Alexander Thom's theories, in particular regarding the alignment of
prehistoric monuments in the landscape, across a number of key Neolithic
sites from Kintraw to Stonehenge and finally Orkney. It maps his own
perspective of the changing reception to Thom's ideas by the
archaeological profession from initial curiosity and acceptance to
increasing scepticism. The text presents historical summaries of the
various strands of evidence from key Neolithic sites across the UK and
Ireland with the compelling evidence from the Ness of Brodgar added as
an appendix in final justification of his approach to the subject.