Archaeology and the State

Authors

  • Sean Brown

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cons16291

Abstract

Archaeology is a powerful tool for the provision of a cultural identity to a population. This same power often makes it also the target of manipulation by a state in the process of nation-building. This paper will study the darker political nature of archaeology by examining the effects of state-control over archaeological resources and research, in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The aim of this paper is to highlight the dangers posed to the public world- view of a nation in which the only accepted interpretation of the classical past is that of the Party.

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Published

2012-01-25

How to Cite

Brown, S. (2012). Archaeology and the State. Constellations, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.29173/cons16291

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