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WITH the publication of its Proceedings for 1935, the Prehistoric Society, formerly known as the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, completes the first year of its existence under the new style and organisation. The change will necessarily bring some broadening of outlook; but those who have followed with close attention the work of the Society under its old style, especially in recent years, are well aware that the change is one in form rather than substance. From the time of its first formation in 1908 the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, though strong in its local membership, reaped the advantage of its geographical position. It had the strategic advantage that many of its local discoveries and local problems were of more than local interest; they were also of the first importance in the discussion of some of the most significant of the questions relating to the antiquity of man and prehistoric archaeology at large. A glance through the later volumes of the Proceedings will show that the proportion of attention given to these larger questions and the tendency to view local evidence in the light of its bearing on the broader issues had steadily increased, until the Society, so far as its proceedings were concerned, had earned the right to be regarded as a national rather than a local body. That fact is recognised in the change of title. On the other hand, the strength gained from local interest will be preserved by an organisation of local groups under honorary secretaries, which will focus interest in specific local areas.
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The Prehistoric Society. Nature 137, 629–630 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137629b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137629b0