ANP 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 59: Gustaf Kossinna, Elgin Marbles, Nazi Archaeology
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Cultural resources management (crm) the safeguarding of the archaeological heritage through the protection of sites and through salvage archaeology (rescue archaeology), generally within the framework of legislation designed to safeguard the past. Can be a motive for advancing a pseudoarchaeological theory in order to propagate certain information. Although hitler was behind the nazi party"s funding for german prehistorical research, the first inflectional prehistorian is said to be gustaf kossinna. His ideas and theories were picked up by the nazi organisations amt rosenberg and ahnenerbe. Presenting germany as the place where civilization began, the nazis were able to use pseudoarchaeology to persuade the german people an example of propagation of false information under the guise of archaeological context. Elgin marbles (example of what) best known case where an internationally famous museum is under pressure to return cultural property to the country of origin. Marble sculptures that adorned the parthenon taken in the 19th century by lord.
