A "Science of Exportation"? International Scholarship in the professionalization of prehistory in Spain (1902-1922)

• Autores: José María Lanzarote Guiral
• Localización: The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science. Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010 / coord. por Antoni M. Roca Rosell, 2012, ISBN 978-84-9965-108-8, págs. 1110-1115
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The evolution of prehistory as a scientific discipline in Spain is marked by the contribution of German and French scholars in the first decades of the 20th century. Their role in the study of the Stone Age, and particularly of prehistoric cave art, was paramount; however they were mostly perceived as ‘intruders’ by the leading Spanish archaeologists. The latter defined prehistory as a patriotic endeavour and felt threatened by the ‘foreign’ researchers, whom they accused of stealing Spanish past, both materially and symbolically. In this paper, I intend to explore in which ways the rising Spanish prehistorian community defined itself and established its control on the discipline by constructing the ‘foreign archaeologist’ as antagonist. In doing so, I aim at throwing some light on the origins of this perception, and its lingering influence on the historiography of Spanish archaeology.