“Our Ancestors the Gauls”: Archaeology, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Manipulation of Celtic Identity in Modern Europe

Dietler, Michael

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“…These technical reports, journal articles and monographs are then consumed by a variety of interests for a variety of purposes, which vary according to the region, and which have been the study of recent scholars who examine ethnicity and nationalism (Kohl and Fawcett 1995). Michael Dietler has shown how Iron Age archaeological evidence from France has been manipulated in the name of Celtic identity since the time of Napoleon the First and continues to be used by pan-national movements like the European Union (Dietler 1994). A cautionary tale is told by native ethnographer Victor Montejo, who claims the depiction by archaeologists of the ancient Maya as obsessed with blood sacrifice was absorbed by the military dictatorship of Guatemala and used as a justification for the widespread massacres of modern Maya, whom the military identified as sub-human pagans (Montejo 1993: 15).…”

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Conversations about the production of archaeological knowledge and community museums at Chunchucmil and Kochol, Yucatán, México

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2002

World Archaeology

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Conversations about the production of archaeological knowledge and community museums at Chunchucmil and Kochol, Yucatán, México

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2002

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“…1 Those who have immigrated more recently to France from non-European countries are also clearly unrelated to this Gaulish figure (Dietler 1994).…”

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Constructing Muslims in France: discourse, public identity, and the politics of citizenship

2014

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“…In contrast, Celtic studies were promoted by Napoleon Bonaparte, but especially by Napoleon III, who financed excavations in Alesia and Bibracte, among others. Vercingetorix, king of the Arverni, who had united the tribes of Gaul against Caesar, became the national hero, immortalised in numerous monuments and paintings (Dietler 1994), while the political right referred to Jeanne d'Arc and Clovis, the first Christian king of France. The analogy between Vercingetorix and Napoleon III became especially poignant after Sedan.…”

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Key Concepts in Public Archaeology

2017

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This publication was made possible by funding from Jisc as part of the 'Institution as e-textbook publisher' project: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/institution-as-e-textbook-publisher.This book is dedicated to Tim Schadla-Hall who has led the teaching and study of public archaeology at UCL for two decades, and inspired and supported a generation of public archaeologists. vii AcknowledgementsThis book has been a long time in the making, and I must first express my thanks to everybody involved for their formidable patience. The collection of papers originates in the MA Public Archaeology at UCL, devised and taught over many years by Tim Schadla-Hall and others. Most of the contributors to this volume have taught on the MA course and several are graduates, while others carried out doctoral research within what is becoming known as the 'London school' of public archaeology. This is the appropriate place to acknowledge the leadership and vision of the late Peter Ucko, whose understanding of archaeology as a politically engaged practice entangled in everyday life gave rise to the teaching programme in public archaeology at UCL Institute of Archaeology at both undergraduate and graduate level, as well as the creation of the journal Public Archaeology, still hosted in that department. The Ucko tradition of public archaeology as both scholarship and practice has been maintained over the last two decades by Tim SchadlaHall, Neal Ascherson, Nick Merriman, Ulrike Sommer, Andrew Reid and many others in the Institute of Archaeology, and continues to this day. The publication of this volume has been guided with great patience and vision by Lara Speicher of UCL Press and her colleagues and I am grateful for their faith in the project. Public archaeology is founded upon the belief in breaking down divisions between professionals or academics and the wider world: UCL Press' commitment to Open Access publishing is a beacon in this broader campaign to share knowledge freely beyond the pay-walls and prohibitive prices of traditional elite academic publishing. Finally, my thanks to Maria Phelan and my family who have endured my moaning about this book for too long.

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“Our Ancestors the Gauls”: Archaeology, Ethnic Nationalism, and the Manipulation of Celtic Identity in Modern Europe

Cited by 275 publications

References 21 publications

Conversations about the production of archaeological knowledge and community museums at Chunchucmil and Kochol, Yucatán, México

Conversations about the production of archaeological knowledge and community museums at Chunchucmil and Kochol, Yucatán, México

Constructing Muslims in France: discourse, public identity, and the politics of citizenship

Key Concepts in Public Archaeology

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