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Author Maner, Brent, author o2018053666
Title Germany's ancient pasts : archaeology and historical interpretation since 1700 / Brent Maner.
Copyright date ©2018
Publisher Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.


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Descript ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction -- The discovery of Germany's ancient pasts. The sources for prehistory: texts and objects in the eighteenth century -- Preparing artifacts for history: archaeology after the Napoleonic Wars -- Archaeology and the creation of historical places -- The new empire and the ancient past. Rudolf Virchow and the anthropological orientation of prehistory -- Domestic archaeology: a preeminently regional discipline -- Narrating the national past -- Between science and ideology. Professionalization and nationalism in domestic archaeology -- Prehistory as a national socialist narrative -- Epilogue.
Note The book offers a vivid portrait of the development of antiquarianism and archaeology, the interaction between regional and national history, and scholarly debates about the use of ancient objects to answer questions of race, ethnicity, and national belonging. While excavations in central Europe throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries fed curiosity about the local landscape and inspired musings about the connection between contemporary Germans and their?ancestors,? antiquarians and archaeologists were quite cautious about using archaeological evidence to make ethnic claims. Even during the period of German unification, many archaeologists emphasized the local and regional character of their finds and treated prehistory as a general science of humankind. As Maner shows, these alternative perspectives endured alongside nationalist and racist abuses of prehistory, surviving to offer positive traditions for the field in the aftermath of World War II. A fascinating investigation of the quest to turn pre- and early history into history, Germany's Ancient Pasts sheds new light on the joint sway of science and politics over archaeological interpretation.
ISBN 022659291X (alkaline paper)
022659307X (alkaline paper)
9780226593104 (electronic book)
9780226592916 (hardback)
9780226593074 (paperback)
Standard no. 40028871940
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Author Maner, Brent, author o2018053666
Subject Archaeology -- Germany -- History.
Archaeology and history -- Germany.
Archaeology.
Archaeology and history.
Germany.
Descript ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Media unmediated n
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Contents Introduction -- The discovery of Germany's ancient pasts. The sources for prehistory: texts and objects in the eighteenth century -- Preparing artifacts for history: archaeology after the Napoleonic Wars -- Archaeology and the creation of historical places -- The new empire and the ancient past. Rudolf Virchow and the anthropological orientation of prehistory -- Domestic archaeology: a preeminently regional discipline -- Narrating the national past -- Between science and ideology. Professionalization and nationalism in domestic archaeology -- Prehistory as a national socialist narrative -- Epilogue.
Note The book offers a vivid portrait of the development of antiquarianism and archaeology, the interaction between regional and national history, and scholarly debates about the use of ancient objects to answer questions of race, ethnicity, and national belonging. While excavations in central Europe throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries fed curiosity about the local landscape and inspired musings about the connection between contemporary Germans and their?ancestors,? antiquarians and archaeologists were quite cautious about using archaeological evidence to make ethnic claims. Even during the period of German unification, many archaeologists emphasized the local and regional character of their finds and treated prehistory as a general science of humankind. As Maner shows, these alternative perspectives endured alongside nationalist and racist abuses of prehistory, surviving to offer positive traditions for the field in the aftermath of World War II. A fascinating investigation of the quest to turn pre- and early history into history, Germany's Ancient Pasts sheds new light on the joint sway of science and politics over archaeological interpretation.
ISBN 022659291X (alkaline paper)
022659307X (alkaline paper)
9780226593104 (electronic book)
9780226592916 (hardback)
9780226593074 (paperback)
Standard no. 40028871940
Author Maner, Brent, author o2018053666
Subject Archaeology -- Germany -- History.
Archaeology and history -- Germany.
Archaeology.
Archaeology and history.
Germany.
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 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  CC 101 G35 M2  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Archaeology -- Germany -- History.
Archaeology and history -- Germany.
Archaeology.
Archaeology and history.
Germany.
Descript ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Contents Introduction -- The discovery of Germany's ancient pasts. The sources for prehistory: texts and objects in the eighteenth century -- Preparing artifacts for history: archaeology after the Napoleonic Wars -- Archaeology and the creation of historical places -- The new empire and the ancient past. Rudolf Virchow and the anthropological orientation of prehistory -- Domestic archaeology: a preeminently regional discipline -- Narrating the national past -- Between science and ideology. Professionalization and nationalism in domestic archaeology -- Prehistory as a national socialist narrative -- Epilogue.
Note The book offers a vivid portrait of the development of antiquarianism and archaeology, the interaction between regional and national history, and scholarly debates about the use of ancient objects to answer questions of race, ethnicity, and national belonging. While excavations in central Europe throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries fed curiosity about the local landscape and inspired musings about the connection between contemporary Germans and their?ancestors,? antiquarians and archaeologists were quite cautious about using archaeological evidence to make ethnic claims. Even during the period of German unification, many archaeologists emphasized the local and regional character of their finds and treated prehistory as a general science of humankind. As Maner shows, these alternative perspectives endured alongside nationalist and racist abuses of prehistory, surviving to offer positive traditions for the field in the aftermath of World War II. A fascinating investigation of the quest to turn pre- and early history into history, Germany's Ancient Pasts sheds new light on the joint sway of science and politics over archaeological interpretation.
ISBN 022659291X (alkaline paper)
022659307X (alkaline paper)
9780226593104 (electronic book)
9780226592916 (hardback)
9780226593074 (paperback)
Standard no. 40028871940

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