The Prehistory Guys's video: INTERVIEW: Dr Kenny Brophy The Urban Prehistorian Ness of Brodgar Henges and the Cochno Stone

Talking to the Urban Prehistorian himself, we reckon he's the man making prehistory human again! "Welcome to another prehistory guys interview, introducing you to people, often hidden in the background, whose work is really making a difference to our understanding of humanity in prehistory "Today we’re talking with Dr Kenny Brophy Senior lecturer of archaeology at the University of Glasgow. Kenny’s work focuses mainly on the British Neolithic, particularly of Scotland, and he has written copiously about the many cursus monuments to be found there. "Kenny is passionate about bringing archaeology into the public domain and is equally interested in how people have engaged with ancient monuments throughout history. Pursuing this theme, he writes a regular blog under the title of The Urban Prehistorian, exploring the roles that megalithic and other prehistoric sites continue to play within society. "Apart from having directed numerous excavations in Scotland, he lectures widely and is always a captivating speaker. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did." 0:00:00 - Start 0:01:49 - How did you first start in archaeology? 0:06:14 - What is your role at the moment? 0:10:39 - About “Britain’s Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney” 0:19:01 - The ‘Cursus Problem’. 0:25:50 - ‘Henging’? 0:32:35 - ‘The Urban Prehistorian’ 0:41:09 - Can we get close to sharing the experience of our ancestors? 0:47:02 - The story of the Cochno Stones 0:54:29 - Bringing people together 0:56:29 - Ludovic Mann: brilliant research/arrogant desecration? 1:01:27 - So many sites are so little known: is this because of the focus on Stonehenge? 1:03:52 - What are you up to now? KENNY'S PAGE AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/kennethbrophy/ THE URBAN PREHISTORIAN: https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/ THE COCHNO STONE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochno_Stone Like what we're doing? There are 2 ways to support our work: 🔵 BECOME A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/theprehistoryguys 🔵 ONE-OFF DONATION: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=QR2WYYNF4X84C WEBSITE: https://theprehistoryguys.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprehistoryguys/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/prehistoryguys Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prehistoryguys