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On the international roots of prehistory

Kaeser, Marc-Antoine

In: Antiquity, 2002, vol. 76, no. 291, p. 170-177

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    Titre
    • On the international roots of prehistory
    Auteur
    • Kaeser, Marc-Antoine. Swiss National Museum, Department of Archeology, Hardturmstr. 185, CH-8005 Zürich, Switzerland. ma.kaeser@bluewin.ch
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:290459
    Summary
    Introduction In recent years, considerable attention has been dedicated to the involvement of archaeology (and most notably prehistory) with nationalism. The probable causes of this recent fashion1 need not concern 11s here, but the movement itself is ccrtninly welcome, testifying to the reflection of archaeologists on their own practices and those of their predecessors. For historians, this trend is quite welcome insofar as it contributes to a general renaissance of interest in the past of the discipline. However, a more careful examination of this historiography leads us to some caution about its significance