archaeology in the construction, commemoration, and consecration of national pasts /
edited by Philip L. Kohl, Mara Kozelsky, and Nachman Ben-Yehuda.
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2007.
1 online resource (426 pages) :
illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
When political geography changes, how do reorganized or newly formed states justify their rule and create a sense of shared history for their people? Often, the essays in Selective Remembrances reveal, they turn to archaeology, employing the field and its findings to develop nationalistic feelings and forge legitimate distinctive national identities. Examining such relatively new or reconfigured nation-states as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, India, and Thailand, Selective Remembrances shows how states invoke the remote past to extol the glories of specific peoples or prove claims.
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