CUCUTENI- BIRTH OF A COLLECTIVE HERITAGE
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15 July 2015
Abstract
THAT ARCHEOLOGY HAS AL WAYS SERVED AS MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR IDENTITY CLAIMS, IS A FACT ALREADY KNOWN. THE MAJOR EMPHASIS ADDRESS TO THE OLDEST VESTIGES RESPOND AT THE NEED OF SEARCHING OUR "ORIGINS" IN HISTORICAL DEPTH, BUT BETWEEN THE ROMANS AND THE DACIANS WE EXPERIENCE A VAGUE DISCOMFORT. INCREASED AWARENESS THAT THERE ARE MANY PREHISTORIC OBJECTS AND "BARBARIANS" WHO DESERVE TO BE STUDIED AND COLLECTED BRINGS MEANINGFUL CHANGE. THUS, THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE, BUILT UP OVER THE CENTURIES, THANKS TO COLLECTORS, INDIVIDUALS, O R BY THE STATE, IS RELATED TO THE NATIONAL IDEOLOGY. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE CUCUTENI DISCOVERIES OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY COULD NOT GO UNNOTICED AND THESE ANTIQUITIES, IN A WAY LOCALS, INTEGRATED IN THE AESTHETIC AND HISTORICAL MANIPULATION, QUICKLY BE CAME NATIONAL HERITAGE OBJECTS. HOWEVER, THE IDENTITY MODELED ON ARCHEOLOGY MIRROR IS OFTEN FRAGILE AND TEMPORARY. THIS CONTRIBUTION IS A CRITICAL LOOK AT ARCHEOLOGY AS A RECOVERY OF THE NATIONALIST HERITAGE. THE EXAMPLE IN THIS ARTICLE SHOWS THAT THE SAME REMAINS CAN RESPOND TO THE AFFIRMATION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY, TO THE PROMOTION OF UNIVERSAL IDEALS AND TO THE STIMULATION OF LOCAL PRIDE, WITHOUT THESE THREE AIMS ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. ALL THE FACTS MENTIONED HERE CONCERNS THE INSTRUMENTATION OF "ANTIQU ITIES" OF CUCUTENI SINCE THEIR DISCOVERY BY CHANCE -TO THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN HONORED IN A MUSEUM DEDICATED FRAMEWORK INCLUDING THE CULTURE...
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