LEADER 03936nam 22005655 450 001 9910838361703321 005 20191022022751.0 010 $a0-226-59310-X 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226593104 035 $a(CKB)5120000000096789 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5399351 035 $a(DE-B1597)523207 035 $a(OCoLC)1057471836 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226593104 035 $a(EXLCZ)995120000000096789 100 $a20191022d2018 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGermany's Ancient Pasts $eArchaeology and Historical Interpretation since 1700 /$fBrent Maner 210 1$aChicago : $cUniversity of Chicago Press, $d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (354 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-226-59307-X 311 $a0-226-59291-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart I. The Discovery of Germany's Ancient Pasts -- $tPart II. The New Empire and the Ancient Past -- $tPart III. The New Empire and the Ancient Past -- $tEpilogue -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn Germany, Nazi ideology casts a long shadow over the history of archaeological interpretation. Propaganda, school curricula, and academic publications under the regime drew spurious conclusions from archaeological evidence to glorify the Germanic past and proclaim chauvinistic notions of cultural and racial superiority. But was this powerful and violent version of the distant past a nationalist invention or a direct outcome of earlier archaeological practices? By exploring the myriad pathways along which people became familiar with archaeology and the ancient past-from exhibits at local and regional museums to the plotlines of popular historical novels-this broad cultural history shows that the use of archaeology for nationalistic pursuits was far from preordained. In Germany's Ancient Pasts, Brent Maner 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. 606 $aArchaeology$zGermany$xHistory 606 $aArchaeology and history$zGermany 610 $aantiquarianism. 610 $aarchaeology. 610 $amuseums. 610 $anarration. 610 $anationalism. 610 $apre- and early history. 610 $aregional history. 615 0$aArchaeology$xHistory. 615 0$aArchaeology and history 676 $a930.10943 686 $aNF 1120$qSEPA$2rvk 700 $aManer$b Brent, $01729219 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838361703321 996 $aGermany's Ancient Pasts$94138918 997 $aUNINA