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Names and emblems: Greek archaeology, regional identities and national narratives at the turn of the 20th century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Alexandra Alexandri
Alexandra Alexandri*
Affiliation:
Archive of Monuments, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 11 Agion Asomaton street, Athens 10553, Greece. Alexandra.Alexandri@damd.culture.gr
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Introduction

As a discipline concerned with the past, and especially the remote past, archaeology is in a unique position to contribute to the growing discussion on nationalism and the formation of collective identities. Although research in these areas is not new, the steadily increasing body of archaeological literature is shaped both by recent theoretical trends within the discipline itself and by widespread concerns over contemporary redefinitions of boundaries and identities (e.g. Atkinson et al. 1996; Jones 1997; Graves-Brown et al. 1996; Díaz-Andreu & Chanipion 1996; Kohl & Fawcett 1995).

Keywords

Greeceidentitynationalismarchiveshistory of archaeology
Type
Special section: Ancestral Archives: Explorations in the History of Archaeology
Information
Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 291 , March 2002 , pp. 191 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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