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Collecting Ancient Europe - National Museums and the search for European Antiquities in the 19th-early 20th century (Hardcover)
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Collecting Ancient Europe - National Museums and the search for European Antiquities in the 19th-early 20th century (Hardcover)
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In order to understand our past, we need to understand ourselves as
archaeologists and our discipline. This volume presents recent
research into collecting practices of European Antiquities by
national museums, institutes and individuals during the 19th and
early 20th-century, and the ‘Ancient Europe’ collections that
resulted and remain in many museums. This was the period during
which the archaeological discipline developed as a scientific
field, and the study of the archaeological paradigmatic and
practical discourse of the past two centuries is therefore of
importance, as are the sequence of key discoveries that shaped our
field. Many national museums arose in the early 19th century and
strived to acquire archaeological objects from a wide range of
countries, dating from Prehistory to the Medieval period. This was
done by buying, sometimes complete collections, exchanging or
copying. The networks along which these objects travelled were made
up out of the ranks of diplomats, aristocracy, politicians,
clergymen, military officials and scholars. There were also
intensive contacts between museums and universities and there were
very active private dealers. The reasons for collecting antiquities
were manifold. Many, however, started out from the idea of
composing impressive collections brought together for patriotic or
nationalistic purposes and for general comparative use. Later on,
motives changed, and in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities
became more scientifically oriented. Eventually these collections
fossilized, ending up in the depots. The times had changed and the
acquisition of archaeological objects from other European countries
largely came to an end. This group of papers researches these
collections of ‘Ancient Europe’ from a variety of angles. As
such it forms an ideal base for further researching archaeological
museum collection history and the development of the archaeological
discipline.
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