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Qf JbesisAn iotemalist approa ch to Clark's early publications from 1927 to 1939 is used to examine bis goals, methods, and assumptions.defmitions of archaeology, imm ediate academic influences, and intellectual change.Defining arcbaeoIogy as "the study of past distribution of culture-traits in time and space, and of the factors governing their distribution, n Clack was especially astute when fulfillin g the first part of this defmition (Clack 1933b:232).His greatest early strength was bis metbdological exactness in creating typologies and chronologies based on tbe assumption .that lithic and pottery fo rms evolved and can be amm ged in cbronological Cider by studying morpbological changes.During bis early career, Clark's primary goals were the establishment of .relative dates for British assemblages and the definition of the Mesolithic as a unique period.He exbibited occasional diffi culties when considering the fac tors which governed the distribution of cultures, and did not discuss diffusion in depth or detail.Oark used the term Mesolithic to indicate both a time period and a group of cultures

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