Archaeology and Ethnicity
The paper examines the history of archaeological investigation into collective identities in the past. Culture-historical approachis fully based upon the concept of cultural group , deeply influenced by the modern understanding of nation-states – unity of territory, material culture, language and et...
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University of Belgrade
2010-02-01
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| description | The paper examines the history of archaeological investigation into collective identities in the past. Culture-historical approachis fully based upon the concept of cultural group , deeply influenced by the modern understanding of nation-states – unity of territory, material culture, language and ethnic affiliation. The application of this concept led to devastating political abuses of archaeology, most notoriously in the case of Gustaf Kossinna in the Nazi Germany. The realisation that the very essence of thus conceived group identity in the past inevidably leads into the projection of the modern model of nation-state, resulted in thorough reconsideration. Over the last decades, archaeologists are investigating other possible paths of research into the group and individual identities in the past, informed by the constructivist approach. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd928e5d815f43daaa814a1dc7d0bfdf2022-12-21T23:59:30ZengUniversity of BelgradeEtnoantropološki Problemi0353-15892334-88012010-02-015110.21301/eap.v5i1.7Archaeology and EthnicityStaša Babić0Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, SerbiaThe paper examines the history of archaeological investigation into collective identities in the past. Culture-historical approachis fully based upon the concept of cultural group , deeply influenced by the modern understanding of nation-states – unity of territory, material culture, language and ethnic affiliation. The application of this concept led to devastating political abuses of archaeology, most notoriously in the case of Gustaf Kossinna in the Nazi Germany. The realisation that the very essence of thus conceived group identity in the past inevidably leads into the projection of the modern model of nation-state, resulted in thorough reconsideration. Over the last decades, archaeologists are investigating other possible paths of research into the group and individual identities in the past, informed by the constructivist approach.http://www.eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/825archaeologyethnicityculture-historical approachidentitycontemporary context of research |
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| title | Archaeology and Ethnicity |
| title_full | Archaeology and Ethnicity |
| title_fullStr | Archaeology and Ethnicity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Archaeology and Ethnicity |
| title_short | Archaeology and Ethnicity |
| title_sort | archaeology and ethnicity |
| topic | archaeology ethnicity culture-historical approach identity contemporary context of research |
| url | http://www.eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/825 |
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