Gustaf Kossinna and the Concept of Culture in Archaeology
The paper analyses the role of the German archaeologist Gustaf Kossinna in the formation of the idea of archaeological culture. Often this concept is taken as an unquestionable given and Kossinna’s life and work have been presented as an exception in the European archaeology, but it may be much more...
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University of Belgrade
2012-09-01
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| description | The paper analyses the role of the German archaeologist Gustaf Kossinna in the formation of the idea of archaeological culture. Often this concept is taken as an unquestionable given and Kossinna’s life and work have been presented as an exception in the European archaeology, but it may be much more productive to consider it as “the tip of an iceberg”. It is argued that the simplified concept of ethnicity and the search for its reflections in the archaeological record have long become commonplace of the discipline, and considered almost irreplaceable in the local archaeological community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7717484d232e403189cf1313034639402022-12-21T21:03:14ZengUniversity of BelgradeEtnoantropološki Problemi0353-15892334-88012012-09-017310.21301/EAP.v7i3.3Gustaf Kossinna and the Concept of Culture in ArchaeologyAleksandar Bandović0National Museum, BelgradeThe paper analyses the role of the German archaeologist Gustaf Kossinna in the formation of the idea of archaeological culture. Often this concept is taken as an unquestionable given and Kossinna’s life and work have been presented as an exception in the European archaeology, but it may be much more productive to consider it as “the tip of an iceberg”. It is argued that the simplified concept of ethnicity and the search for its reflections in the archaeological record have long become commonplace of the discipline, and considered almost irreplaceable in the local archaeological community.http://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/712Gustaf Kossinnaarchaeological cultureethnicitynationalismracismhistory of archaeology |
| spellingShingle | Aleksandar Bandović Gustaf Kossinna and the Concept of Culture in Archaeology Etnoantropološki Problemi Gustaf Kossinna archaeological culture ethnicity nationalism racism history of archaeology |
| title | Gustaf Kossinna and the Concept of Culture in Archaeology |
| title_full | Gustaf Kossinna and the Concept of Culture in Archaeology |
| title_fullStr | Gustaf Kossinna and the Concept of Culture in Archaeology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gustaf Kossinna and the Concept of Culture in Archaeology |
| title_short | Gustaf Kossinna and the Concept of Culture in Archaeology |
| title_sort | gustaf kossinna and the concept of culture in archaeology |
| topic | Gustaf Kossinna archaeological culture ethnicity nationalism racism history of archaeology |
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