General Information

Language

English.

Published

Cham : Springer, 2023.

Physical Description

xi, 691 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Eickhoff, Martijn (editor.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

This edited volume is dedicated to national-socialist archaeology as a Europe-wide phenomenon. It analyses national-socialist attempts to denationalize the archaeologies of European nations by creating a new unifying European archaeology on a racial basis. From the beginning of the nineteenth century, archaeology began to develop into an important force behind processes of nation building. At the same time, structures of transnational academic collaboration contributed strongly to the internal dynamics of the research field, which was primarily organized on a national basis. In those European countries that were confronted with national-socialist occupation and repression between 1939 and 1945, these transnational archaeological networks were to prove crucial for the development of national-socialist archaeological policies. This volume will reveal how national-socialist archaeology was to an extent valued positively in its time as highly innovative, even influencing the archaeology of non-occupied countries. Although in the final instance, it generally failed to displace the national archaeologies in Europe, the volume also analyses the long-term impact of national-socialist rule on the development of European archaeology. How did the attempts to create a unified European archaeology after 1945 continue to influence networks, methods and terminologies, institutional structures, or popular representations of the early past?

Subjects

Subject

Archaeology > Europe.

National socialism and archaeology.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

editors: Martijn Eickhoff, Daniel Modl, Katie Meheux, Erwin Nuijten.

Content

Introduction: National Socialist Archaeology in Europe and Its Legacies / Martijn Eickhoff, Katie Meheux, Daniel Modl -- Prehistoric Archaeology in Germany and National Socialism / Dana Schlegelmilch -- Archaeology in Austria During the Nazi Era / Daniel Modl, Gudrun Wlach -- National Socialist Archaeology in Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia / Martin Oliva, Petr Kostrhun -- Poland Reborn: The Ethnic Origin of Past Societies and Contemporary Land Affiliation – Polish and German Prehistorians During the Twentieth Century / Kamil Niedziółka -- Dreams of Germanic Unity: The Desire for Scandinavia and the Use of Archaeology / Malte Gasche -- Dangerous Liaisons of a Nazi Sort: A Failed Icelandic Expedition and the Legacy of Bruno Schweizer / Angelos Parigoris -- National Socialist Archaeology in the Low Countries / Martijn Eickhoff, Erwin Nuijten -- National Socialist Archaeology and France / Laurent Olivier -- National Socialist Archaeology in Serbia: Power and Ideology at the “Völkerstrasse” / Aleksandar Bandović -- “Unrestricted Research Opportunities” with “Unpleasant Surprises” – German Archaeologists in Greece During the National Socialist Era / Alexandra Kankeleit -- he Kunstschutz in World War II Occupied Crete / Georgia Flouda -- Lithuanian Archaeology During the National Socialist Occupation / Gintautas Zabiela -- The Struggle to Survive and Work: Archaeology in Latvia During the German Occupation (1941–1945) / Zenta Broka-Lāce -- Between the Rock and a Hard Place: Estonian Archaeology at the Times of National, Socialist, and National Socialist Ideologies / Erki Russow -- Archaeology in Ukraine During World War II / Daniel Modl, Dmytro Teslenko -- Interactions Between British Archaeologists and National Socialism: Pragmatism, Neutrality, Opposition and Compromise / Katie Meheux -- Adolf Mahr: What Was His Impact and What Is His Legacy for Contemporary Prehistoric Research in Ireland? / Gabriel Cooney -- Walking on Egg Shells? Archaeology in Switzerland Torn Between Submission and Resistance from 1933 to 1945 / Hansjörg Brem.

ISBN

9783031280238

9783031280245

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	943.086 EIC		Reference	-

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