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Richard John Copland Atkinson (1920-1994) was a British prehistorian and archaeologist.
He investigated sites including Stonehenge, Silbury Hill and Wayland's Smithy and was a friend and collaborator of Stuart Piggott.
Atkinson was famous for his practical contributions to archaeological technique and his pragmatic solutions to on-site problems which were listed in the handbook he wrote called Field Archaeology.
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