Archaeology and Construction of National Identity

PRÓLOGO – ; 9  Margarita Díaz-Andreu y Gloria Mora; La Historiografía Española sobre Arqueología: panorama actual de la investigación; I. LOS PRIMEROS PASOS EN LA INSTITUCIONALIZACIÓN DE LA ARQUEOLOGIA: EL SIGLO XVIII; II. LA ARQUEOLOGIA EN ESPAÑA Y EN EUROPA EN EL SIGLO XIX; III. EL PRIMER TERCIO DEL SIGLO XX; IV. LA ARQUEOLOGIA DEL FRANQUISMO; V. LA INSTITUCIONALIZACIÓN DE LA ARQUEOLOGÍA AMERICANA. Autores: Adán Álvarez, Gema E.; Alvarez-Sanchís, Jesús R.; Ascensión Salas Alvarez, Jesús de la; Ayarzagüena Sanz, Mariano; Balmaseda, Luis Javier; Barraca de Ramos, Pilar; Barril, Magdalena; Bartrolí Isanta, Raúl; Beltrán Fortes, José; Blázquez, José Ma; Bremón, Mónica Ruíz; Calle Marín, Sonia; Cano Navas, Mª Luisa; Cardito Rollan, Luz; Carman, John; Carrera Hontana, Enrique de; Castelo Ruano, Raquel; Cebrià, Artur; Cerdeño, Mª Luisa; Cortadella, Jordi; Duplá, Antonio; Fabião, Carlos; Fernández Martínez, Víctor; Frutos González, Esther de; García Rodríguez, Fernando; García Santos, Juan Carlos; Gimeno Pascual, Helena; Gómez Alfeo, Mª Victoria; Gómez-Pantoja, Joaquín; González Maurazos, Gabriel; González Serrano, Pilar; Grau Lobo, Luis A.; Heras Martín, Carmen, de las; Hernández Hernández, Francisca; Jiménez Diez, José Antonio; Jiménez Sanz, Carmen; Jimeno, Alfredo; Laín García, Mercedes; Lasheras Corruchaga, José Antonio; Lavín Berdonces, Ana Carmen; López Grande, Mª José; López Trujillo, Miguel Ángel; Lorenzo, José Luis; Lorrio, Alberto; Loza Azuaga, Mª Luisa; Maier, Jorge; Martín Flores, Alfonso; Martínez Navarrete, Mª Isabel; Massó Carballido, Jaume; Mederos Martín, Alfredo; Melchor Monserrat, José Manuel; Merino Santisteban, Josep; Mora Serrano, Bartolomé; Moure Romanillo, Alfonso; Muro Morales, J. Ignacio; Navascués Benlloch, Pilar de; Olmos, Ricardo; Ortiz de Urbina Montoya, Carlos; Panizo Arias, Isabel; Pazos Bernal, Mª Ángeles; Pérez-Campoamor Miraved, Enrique; Podgorny, Irina; Prado Fernández, Otilia; Pujol Puigvehí, Anna; Querol, M. Ángeles; Ramírez Sánchez, Manuel E.; Rasilla Vives, Marco de la; Raspi Serra, Joselita; Renero Arribas, Víctor M.; Rivière Gómez, Aurora; Rodríguez Alcalde, Ángel L.; Rodríguez Casanova, Isabel; Rodríguez Domingo, José Manuel; Rueda Muñoz de San Pedro, García; Ruíz de Arbulo, Joaquín; Ruíz Zapatero, Gonzalo; Sada Castillo, Pilar; San Millán Bujanda, Mª Jesús; Sánchez Nistal, José Mª; Sanz Gallego, Nuria; Segura Herrero, Gabriel; Torre, José Ignacio de la; Tortosa, Trinidad; Vargas Arenas, Iraida; Vélez Jiménez, Palmira; Villarías-Robles, Juan J.R.; Viñas Filloy, Rafael Gonzalo; Volk, Terence R.; Yáñez Vega, Ana

The first part of this volume deals precisely with ‘International relations in the history of archaeology’. The eleven contributions collected for the session organised by Margarita Díaz-Andreu and Víctor M. Fernández tackle a particularly productive topic in the field today. In actual fact, this seminal research field currently echoes in a way the strong trend of scholarship about the influence of nationalism on our discipline, which since the end of the 1980s, has greatly contributed to the takeoff and overall recognition of the history of archaeology. The second part, entitled ‘The Revolution of the Sixties in prehistory and protohistory’, is the outcome of a partnership with the Commission ‘Archaeological Methods and Theory’. The seven contributions collected by François Djindjian and Alessandro Guidi strive to document and analyse a recent past, which is still often burdened with the weight of teleological and presentist appraisals. The inclusion in this volume of this session significantly dedicated to the genealogy of schools of thought and to the study of complex methodological and technical issues illustrates our commitment to tackling historical issues as well, which are closely linked to current theoretical debates in our discipline. Such is also the aim of the third part, which addresses ‘Lobbying for Archaeology’. As shown by the five contributions of this session organised by Géraldine Delley and the undersigned, archaeology has not only been instrumentalized by political powers and ideological interests. It has also found fruitful alliances with economic agents or bodies, where mutual advantages were gained on practical, technical bases. In our opinion, a reflexive, critical approach to these various forms of lobbying should ensure a useful awareness regarding the structural problems our discipline faces today, regarding its funding methods.

[ES] El desarrollo del «Estado de las Autonomías» tras el restablecimiento de la democracia en España ha potenciado la proliferación de narrativas sobre el pasado que buscan legitimar las nuevas estructuras administrativas y homogeneizar sus formaciones identitarias. Esto se solapa con un creciente interés de la ciudadanía por el pasado y su escenificación en la esfera pública a través de recreaciones históricas. El estudio analiza tres recreaciones históricas en el noroeste español y su vinculación con discursos constructores de alteridad identitaria a nivel sociopolítico. Igualmente, estudia los intercambios y mediaciones producidas entre el conocimiento académico y su recepción por parte del público, demostrando cómo ciertas cuestiones sociopolíticas se ven reflejadas en eventos aparentemente neutrales.
[EN] The development of a quasi-federal administrative framework based on Regional Governments (Comunidades Autónomas) after the restoration of democracy in Spain, has led to the proliferation of narratives about the past that seek to legitimize the new administrative structures and homogenize their identity formations so as to reinforce their internal social cohesion. This process is paralleled by a growing public interest in the past and its staging through historical reenactments. The paper analyzes the connection between both processes in three historical recreations in northwest Spain. Also, it considers the reenactments as spaces where academic knowledge reaches and is assumed in multiple ways by the public. Despite the events seem to be largely neutral at first sight, our research suggests that they are actually highly ideologically charged.