Archaeology, Ideology And Society: The German Experience (gesellschaften Und Staaten Im Epochenwandel / Societies And States In Transformation)

This volume explores the relationship between archaeology, politics and society in Germany from the later 19th to the end of the 20th century. The contributions discuss key aspects of this relationship in their historical context, beginning with the triumph of national archaeology over universalist anthropology, continuing with the exploitation of archaeology by the Nazi and Communist regimes, the widespread collaboration by archaeologists, and the political and intellectual aftermath of these two episodes. Other contributions raise no less important questions about the role of archaeology in democratic society, by exploring issues such as university teaching, public attitudes, gender, and research abroad. Contributors from outside Germany put this experience into a contemporary, European and international context. List of Figures 7 List of Tables 8 Abbreviations 9 Contributors 10 Preface 11 Introduction The German experience / Heinrich Härke 12 I. From Nationalism to Nazism Gustaf Kossinna and his concept of a national archaeology / Ulrich Veit 40 Archaeology in the 'Third Reich' / Henning Haßmann 65 Archaeology and anthropology in Germany before 1945 / Frank Fetten 140 II. Post-War West Germany Vorsprung durch Technik or 'Kossinna Syndrome'? Archaeological theory and social context in post-war West Germany / Sabine Wolfram 180 The teaching of archaeology in West Germany / Ulrike Sommer 202 Archaeology and the German public / Martin Schmidt 240 Women's situation as archaeologists / Eva-Maria Mertens 271 Women in the underground: gender studies in German archaeology / Sigrun M. Kartisch, Sibylle Kästner and Helga Brandt 285 III. East Germany and Reunification Archaeology under Communist control: the German Democratic Republic, 1945-1990 / Werner Coblenz) 304 German unification and East German archaeology / Jörn Jacobs 339 IV. International Perspectives 'Traumland Südwest': two moments in the history of German archaeological inquiry in Namibia / John Kinahan 353 German archaeology at risk? A neighbour's critical view of tradition, structure and serendipity / Tom Bloemers 375 A transatlantic perspective on German archaeology / Bettina Arnold 398 Index 423 This volume explores the relationship between archaeology, politics and society in Germany from the later 19th to the end of the 20th century. The contributions discuss key aspects of this relationship in their historical context, beginning with the triumph of national archaeology over universalist anthropology, continuing with the exploitation of archaeology by Nazi and Communist regimes, the widespread collaboration of archaeologists, and the political and intellectual aftermath of these two episodes. Other contributions raise no less important questions about the role of archaeology in democratic society, by exploring issues such as university teaching, public attitudes, gender, and research abroad. Contributors from outside Germany put this experience into a contemporary, European and international context.