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Archaeology within, archaeology without

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Jeff Sanders
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Abstract

The rise of the nation state has had a major influence on the development of archaeology. Nation states today, however, differ from their 19th- and 20th-century equivalents, and they both impact upon and use archaeology in different ways. By looking outwards from an individual country within a collective nation state, I will explore the forms that this can take. From a Scotland-based perspective, I will look at how various borders and boundaries, and the aims and objectives of those responsible for them, affect archaeological work. As well as looking at institutional and administrative boundaries and their effect on archaeology, I will also explore how archaeological work, and the stories we produce, can either question or reinforce the nation state. Ultimately, archaeology can be used in a very different way now than in the 19th and 20th centuries: it is less about the specific stories and more about the process of uncovering them. Rather than telling a national story, archaeology can be used as an instrument to deliver on wider objectives.

Keywords

Scotlandnation stateidentitywell-beingScARFDig It! 2015
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Discussion
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Archaeological Dialogues , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , June 2016 , pp. 10 - 18
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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