Editing V. Gordon Childe (section)

===Academic conferences and publications===

{{Quote box|width=25em|align=right|quote="While he may not have provided answers that modern archaeologists find satisfactory, [Childe] challenged colleagues of his own and succeeding decades by constructing a vision of archaeology that was as broad as that of other [[social science]]s, but which also took account of the particular strengths and limitations of archaeological data."|salign = right|source=— Bruce Trigger, 1994{{sfn|Trigger|1994|p=24}}}}

Following his death, several articles examining Childe's impact on archaeology were published.{{sfn|Trigger|1980|p=11}} In 1980, Bruce Trigger's ''Gordon Childe: Revolutions in Archaeology'' appeared, which studied the influences that extended over Childe's archaeological thought;{{sfn|Trigger|1980|p=12}} the same year saw the publication of Barbara McNairn's ''The Method and Theory of V. Gordon Childe'', examining his methodological and theoretical approaches to archaeology.{{sfn|McNairn|1980}} The following year, Sally Green published ''Prehistorian: A Biography of V. Gordon Childe'', in which she described him as "the most eminent and influential scholar of European prehistory in the twentieth century".{{sfn|Green|1981|p=xix}} Peter Gathercole thought the work of Trigger, McNairn, and Green was "extremely important";{{sfn|Trigger|1994|p=24}} Tringham considered it all part of a "let's-get-to-know-Childe-better" movement.{{sfnm|1a1=Tringham|1y=1983|1p=87|2a1=Pearce|2y=1988|2p=417}}

In July 1986, a colloquium devoted to Childe's work was held in [[Mexico City]], marking the 50th anniversary of ''Man Makes Himself'''s publication.{{sfn|Flannery|1994|p=102}} In September 1990, the [[University of Queensland]]'s Australian Studies Centre organised a centenary conference for Childe in [[Brisbane]], with presentations examining both his scholarly and his socialist work.{{sfn|Beilharz|1991|p=108}} In May 1992, a conference marking his centenary was held at the [[UCL Institute of Archaeology]] in London, co-sponsored by the Institute and the Prehistoric Society, both organisations he had formerly headed.{{sfn|Harris|1994|p=vii}} The conference proceedings were published in a 1994 volume edited by [[David R. Harris (geographer)|David R. Harris]], the Institute's director, entitled ''The Archaeology of V. Gordon Childe: Contemporary Perspectives''. Harris said the book sought to "demonstrate the dynamic qualities of Childe's thought, the breadth and depth of his scholarship, and the continuing relevance of his work to contemporary issues in archaeology".{{sfn|Harris|1994|p=6}} In 1995, another conference collection was published. Titled ''Childe and Australia: Archaeology, Politics and Ideas'', it was edited by Peter Gathercole, T. H. Irving, and Gregory Melleuish.{{sfn|Gathercole|Irving|Melleuish|1995}} Further papers appeared on the subject of Childe in ensuing years, looking at such subjects as his personal correspondences,{{sfn|Stevenson|2011}} and final resting place.{{sfn|Barton|2000}}